Weekly high-frequency indicators are crucial for nowcasting the economy, offering early signals before monthly or quarterly data, and marking beliefs to the market. Long leading indicators are neutral ...

High-frequency weekly indicators provide a timely nowcast of the economy, signaling changes before monthly or quarterly data is available. Long leading indicators remain neutral, with long-term ...

The numbers: The leading indicators of the U.S. economy fell again in September because of weakness in a few key industries such as housing and manufacturing, but not enough to suggest any sign of ...

The U.S. economy ended 2024 on a solid note, even as the Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators declined slightly following a bump in November. The index posted a 0.1% decline as the ...

The leading U.S. economic indicators are still pointing to a slowdown, but no longer signal a recession, data from the Conference Board, a nonpartisan and non-profit research organization, showed ...

Most economic indicators are retrospective, meaning they look backward. This includes GDP, unemployment, retail sales and so on. It is for that reason that I pay very close attention to leading ...

A forward-looking gauge of the economy fell by 0.5% in August, with the dual headwinds of a slowing labor market and increased import tariffs dragging down the Conference Board’s leading economic ...

We got a bit of good news about the economy this week, courtesy of The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, which tracks key economic indicators. It rose in February, a sign, the Conference ...

The NCSU INDEX OF NORTH CAROLINA LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS (the “Index”), an indicator of the direction of the State economy in the upcoming months, decreased 0.1%, continuing a downward trend which ...

The numbers: The leading indicators for the U.S. economy sank 0.2% in August, the privately run Conference Board said Thursday. That is the sixth straight monthly decline. The index fell 0.6% in July.

The numbers: The leading indicators for the U.S. economy fell in April for the second month in a row and pointed to ”serious headwinds to growth.” The index of leading economic indicators sank 0.6% ...

SAN ANTONIO – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told national lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday that the nation’s economic pulse is pumping well. Powell said there is no current recession, but as ...