After all, one data set does not make a trend. Here is a chart of a few leading indicators and their lagging counterparts. Recessions, or period of broad-ranging economic decline, typically last ...

A robust measurement process combines the retrospective power of lagging indicators with the predictive ability of leading indicators.

The chart shows that while the Conference Board's leading index is trending south, the coincident indicators, which indicate ...

Leading indicators are sets of data that ... they can sometimes prove inaccurate in retrospect. Lagging indicators are sets of economic data that tend to change after a shift in some aspect ...