Leading and lagging indicators often work hand-in-hand to paint a complete picture of the economy. For example, analysts often look at daily or weekly data or statistics to spot emerging patterns ...

Leading indicators are sets of data that can be useful in predicting the future state of the economy. In other words, they are forward-looking and may signal a shift in some part of the economy ...

Examples of these are the number of overtime hours worked and the profit margin for a flagship product. The number of overtime hours worked may be a leading KPI should the company begin to notice ...

This week, we’ll see U.S. Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) after today’s opening bell, but nothing else on the economic-report agenda. It is, however, an important week for calendar Q4 ...

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 ...

Economic & Earnings Commentary Ahead of today’s regular stock market trading session, pre-market futures are picking up where they left off Tuesday afternoon: higher. Continued optimism for a ...