An area's final score is based on several key indicators, including age, income, infrastructure, the digital skills level of the area and how often those skills are used.
Although the housing market continues to improve from its recessionary depths, several key indicators — including new home starts, new home sales and pending sales — have flashed signs of weakness.
The report divided rail transit station areas into three types: residential, employment, and mixed, and calculated grades based on 11 key indicators including walkability, ridership levels, existing land-use and permitting policies, affordability and transit quality.
China's major banks have been asked to publish data on 12 key indicators, including off balance sheet assets, to enhance their transparency.
Since undertaking the previous study in 2010 (which used data up to 2006/7 Englandd performs marginally better across a number of key indicators, including avoidable deaths, life expectancy and ambulance response times.
As of 2013, the country is developing strongly on key indicators, including health care and education; annual growth between 2004 and 2010 averaged per year.
Market analysts were not alarmed by the stock market's performance, however, saying that shares were ready for a rest after an extended run that recently carried key indicators, including the Dow industrial average, to record heights.
An earlier draft of the new school accountability system includes seven "key indicators," including "access to basic supports," "access to basic courses," attendance, graduation rates and other academic measures.
