The phrase "indicator about" can be grammatically correct and used in written English, but it may sound awkward or incomplete depending on the context.
It would be more common to see it as part of a longer phrase, such as "indicator about something" or "an indicator about XYZ." For example: "The stock price is often an indicator about the health of the economy." or "The data serves as an indicator about potential trends in consumer behavior."
Still, it was the jobs report, possibly the most influential monthly indicator about the economy, that clinched a painful finish to a painful week.
No matter how you spin it, Rubio's bets-hedging non-answer isn't exactly a great indicator about the state of the party he might aspire to lead.
There was only light trading of credit-default swaps, which allow investors to protect against the risk of a company's defaulting on its debt, and those trades have been a leading indicator about the health of banks.
As if Chamberlain's truncated start were not enough of an indicator about the postseason, having the team with the second-best record in the majors in town conjured those images as well.
"It is a wonderful first-cut indicator about what a company thinks about itself and its future," said Jay Nestor, publisher of Current Income, a monthly newsletter based in New Rochelle, N.Y.
A summit meeting of the leaders of the 17 euro-zone countries this Friday in Brussels will be a crucial indicator about whether Germany and Mrs. Merkel can pull off her great gamble.
A global sharing of cancer indicators came about out of a simple blog post: "Discussion Topic…Parallel testing and integrated analysis of multiple marker panels".
Win-loss records can be flawed indicators about a pitcher's value.
The "State of Iraq" (Op-Chart, Sept. 9) presents a set of numerical indicators about "progress" in Iraq.
Brookings has published a definitive monthly Iraq index for the duration of the conflict, measuring key indicators about operations and the progress of life in the country.
But, in the absence of this being a specific category in criminal statistics, these cases don't amount to indicators about the prevalence of online abuse.
