The phrase "a sensitive barometer of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that accurately reflects or measures changes in a particular situation or sentiment.
Example: "The stock market is often seen as a sensitive barometer of economic health."
Alternatives: "an accurate indicator of" or "a keen measure of".
Ad spending is considered a sensitive barometer of the economy, particularly the willingness of consumers to continue shopping as enthusiastically as they have.
Owned by its active members, this cooperative, home to photojournalists like Henri Cartier-Bresson, David (Chim) Seymour and Robert Capa, has been a sensitive barometer of the world's political and social climate.
The yen, a sensitive barometer of Japan's economic might, tumbled 1percentt just as the Prime Minister was speaking and languished until Japan purchased yen with dollars to increase the currency's value.
In many areas witchcraft-eradication movements became a sensitive barometer of social distress: in 1933 34, for example, amid worldwide depression, drought, and locusts, a cult offering adherents a medicine called mchape that would deliver them from witchcraft swept central Nyasaland and eastern Northern Rhodesia.
M.B.A. students at the fancier diploma mills are a sensitive barometer of where the big money is.
More than just a transport system, the cardiovascular system is a sensitive barometer of health conditions, including diet.
The horror film is always a sensitive barometer for cultural crisis.
What experts regard as an even more sensitive barometer of student interest has shot up even faster, with first-time, full-time graduate enrollment in STEM programs registering a 50% increase over the decade.
Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, that exquisitely sensitive barometer of precisely what a hard-right message can and will sell, has expressed deep concern about Russian involvement.
However, our results suggest that the physiological effects of subjective health measures are synergistic with those captured by the biomarker panel, whereas a combined assessment was identified as the most sensitive barometer of physiologic states associated with increased mortality risk.
Gold, the most sensitive barometer of monetary well-being, soared to $425 an ounce; its average price for the past decade has been around $330.
