Sentence examples for weak indicators from inspiring English sources

But those numbers are weak indicators of future performance.

[C4.] Stocks Mixed on Weak Indicators and Lower Oil Price The Dow Jones industrial average rose and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index held at a four-year high as oil prices fell from a record, helping the market recover from a weaker-than-expected report on the service economy.

Over all, though, "there is growing concern that the tests we have been using provide relatively weak indicators of longer-term success," said Michael J. Feuer, the executive director of the Center for Education, a division of the National Research Council in Washington.

"Economic conditions are now strong enough to be compatible with rising rates," said Masaaki Kanno, senior economist at J. P. Morgan here, "so unless we see some unexpectedly weak indicators over the next month, we could see an increase in August.

Weak indicators can be masked or compensated by other strong indicators; thus this method requires careful implementation.

Unfortunately, he used very weak indicators of quality parent reports of staff-child ratios, group size, and caregiver training.

That there is a civil engagement eligibility criterion but it's a weak indicator.

Having a high-school diploma or university degree is a weak indicator of whether one has skills that increase productive capacity.

No one — including the researchers from the United States Army, the National Institutes of Health, the Thai Ministry of Public Health and two vaccine companies that tested the vaccine — knows why the vaccine gave even its weak indicator of success.

All the oils were dark gold, yielding a nugget of useful information: only freshly pressed oil is green, and it soon turns gold in the bottle, making color a weak indicator of quality.

Past performance is only a weak indicator of future performance.