leading economic indicator

基本解釋

Coal, which is down 9% year-to-date, is not a bullish leading indicator for economic strength in the US.
煤炭?jī)r(jià)格今年至今下跌9%，就這個(gè)領(lǐng)先指標(biāo)來(lái)看，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)不容樂(lè)觀。
Cotton's rally bodes well for the economic recovery , as it is the longest leading economic indicator of all the commodities.
棉花價(jià)格的漲勢(shì)對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇而言是個(gè)積極信號(hào)，因?yàn)樗撬写笞谏唐分兄芷谛宰铋L(zhǎng)的主要經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)。
Consumer and business confidence rose in the euro area in September, with Germany leading the economic-sentiment indicator for the 16-member currency union close to a three-year high.
今年九月，因?yàn)橐缘聡?guó)為首的十六成員貨幣聯(lián)盟經(jīng)濟(jì)信心指數(shù)達(dá)到近三年的最高點(diǎn)，歐元地區(qū)的消費(fèi)者和企業(yè)信心猛增。

Likewise, the leading economic indicator series that I mentioned earlier was actually pointing to recession early in 2008.
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The slope of the yield curve, singularly, is a long-time, powerful leading economic indicator—the steeper the more positive.
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Over the years the Conference Board has used several rules of thumb to decide whether its leading economic indicator is signalling a recession.
ECONOMIST: Leading economic indicators