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 ...

Key performance ... a leading KPI should the company begin to notice poorer manufacturing quality. Alternatively, profit margins are a result of operations and are considered a lagging indicator.

The U.S. Leading Indicator Index slipped 0.1% to 101.6 in ... 113.7 in November (revised from 113.0). The Lagging Economic Index edged up 0.1% to 118.5 vs. 118.4 (revised from 118.8).