The phrase "a useful barometer of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something serves as a reliable measure or indicator of a particular situation or condition.
Example: "The unemployment rate is often seen as a useful barometer of the overall health of the economy."
Alternatives: "a good indicator of" or "a reliable measure of".
But perhaps the banning of books is a useful barometer of prejudice.
For Kenneth Davis, a Yonkers community police officer, who has been tracking graffiti for the last decade, the wall markings offer a useful barometer of gang activity.
The programs are a good antidote to the simplistic caricature that conflates Muslim with threat, and a useful barometer of an integration that is uneven, certainly, but ongoing.
Orders for factory equipment are a useful barometer of investment plans and of the economy as a whole, and the steep decline in April showed just how fragile and protracted a return to growth will be in Japan.
Orders for such factory equipment are a useful barometer of capital investment plans and for the economy as a whole, and the steep decline in April showed just how fragile and protracted a return to growth will be in Japan.
The fortunes of the papers are, therefore, a useful barometer of social change.The Sun's brash belligerence captured the spirit of working-class Conservatism during the Thatcher years; and the Page Three Girl, with her painfully punning caption, was a symbol of the crude, macho humour that stamped all over the sensibilities of Britain's liberal intelligentsia.
So its latest trading statement of January 21st is a useful barometer to the state of Africa's economies.In this section Can he manipulate the West?
As the ultimate form of unmediated communication, it also acts as a useful barometer for free speech.
"As one of the UK's leading operators, these sales are a useful barometer for smartphone trends.
Here the U.S. team is a useful barometer for measuring how much international play has improved.
User ratings of services, put together with information from services themselves, can be a useful barometer over time of how services are performing and serving the needs and wishes of the population.
