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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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% ...

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.

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 ...