Growth in the home remodeling industry is expected to clock double-digit gains in the first half of 2013, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity.
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There are 14 countries that have gone back in time, according to the nominal GDP indicator.
For the time being according to our proprietary sentiment indicator, sentiment on Apple has reached the level of negativity that is interpreted as bullish.
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While Hispanics make up about one-third of U.S. Catholics, they account for nearly half of those under the age of 40, according to the Pew Research Center a telling indicator of how much the church's future is tied to Latinos.
Average annual sales growth for private companies has slowed to between 5 and 6 percent in the last few months from nearly 11 percent in January and from around 8 to 9 percent a year earlier, according to preliminary estimates in the Sageworks Private Company Indicator.
June was the strongest month of the year with 43 billion euros of deals announced versus the 32 billion euro average of the last twelve months, according to UBS. Another promising indicator: There were 20 deals valued at 1 billion euros or more in Europe in the second quarter compared to just 14 in the first quarter.
According to research by the Dow Jones Venture Source, women are the latest trendy indicator of startup success.
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While people who regularly speed are three times as likely to be involved in an accident (according to the Police Driver's Handbook), ignoring the speed limit may also be an indicator of a predisposition for other "anti-social" activities.
According to Iraq Body Count, which tracks casualties and provides at least an indicator of trends, the number of people killed in 2012 (4, 573) was only slightly below the 5, 102 killed in 2009.
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According to Peter DeLongchamps, vice president manufacturer relations at Group 1 Automotive, one indicator of pent-up demand is the fact that scrappage rates have exceeded new-vehicle sales in recent months.
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