Insofar as what manufacturers see as likely future demand is a lead indicator for output, this bodes well.
But it says that "equity markets are a lead indicator of GDP growth and react strongly to expectations about the future".In this section Casting about for a future The missing link Barbarian near the Gate Maple fig-leaves Revving up the pace Poker-faced A three-horse race The service elevator ReprintsThis conclusion is hardly new.
So that to me is a lead indicator in many ways of how people are discovering information on.
Just as the home builders were a lead indicator to what was going to happen for the development loans sitting on the banks' balance sheets, I think the performance of the REITs is a pretty good indicator of some of the stress that's going to play out for the commercial real estate side.
It's a stretch, but think of polar bears as canaries-in-the-ice; they're a lead indicator.
Studies show that design award reception is a lead indicator for stock performance and that companies consistently winning awards outperform their non-winning peers by four percent annually.
But this particular brand of contagion, in which what happens in Japan is taken as a lead indicator, is especially problematic, because Japan's stock market is dealing with problems that are, in their way, far more severe than those in the U.S. and which, more importantly, have little to do with the problems American companies face.
"Twitter is a leading indicator".
That's a leading indicator.
Cracks emerging in its economy at the beginning of the year were seen as a lead indicator of the turmoil to follow.
