Some of these have a longer lead time relative to economic activity than others, so the firm publishes both a longer leading index, which signals changes in activity about a year in advance, and a shorter leading index, which looks six months ahead.
Kauffman bases its entrepreneurial activity index on a monthly population survey jointly sponsored by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The eurozone's services activity index slowed to a two-and-a-half year low, to 53.1, in December--it had been at 58 in August.
That ended in a hurry on Wednesday, as a leading index of manufacturing activity fell to a 19-month low and the ADP Employment report painted a dismal picture for jobs.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's index of manufacturing activity showed a bigger-than-expected contraction in August, one day after a New York reading showed a contraction for the first time this year.
The Institute for Supply Management's index of manufacturing activity, a forward-looking gauge of the strength of the U.S. manufacturing sector, came in at 53.7 on June 5, a level consistent with economic expansion.
The euro zone's purchasing-managers index, a gauge of manufacturing activity, fell in November to a level consistent with a 1% quarterly drop in gross domestic product, according to research firm Capital Economics.
The state ranked 4th last year in tax costs on new firms as calculated by the Tax Foundation, and a Kauffman Center index of entrepreneurial activity showed Wisconsin with the 7th-largest rise last year among the handful of states that did better at all.
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China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key indicator of activity in the sector, stood at 50.6 in December.
The expansion looks set to continue, according to this week's purchasing managers' services index, which recorded a sharp increase in business activity in January.
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The U.S. non-manufacturing ISM came in better than expected at 53.7 in May from 53.5 in April, driven by strong new orders and business activity that were offset partially by a decline in the employment index.
The initial results from HSBC's January Purchasing Managers' Index survey of Chinese manufacturers showed activity there contracting, though at a slightly slower pace than in December.
Despite reporting the first fall in new business for six months, the index suggested Scottish service providers continued to expand activity solidly and at a slightly faster pace than their goods-producing counterparts.
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An index of activity in both manufacturing and services edged up in January from a record low.
While overall options activity remains in a somewhat predicable trend, volume on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has been quite erratic during the past several sessions.
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Giving a big boost to stocks was the release at 10:00 a.m. of the ISM Manufacturing Survey, showing a second straight month of expansion, with index of factory activity rising to 51.7 in October, up from up from 51.5 in September.
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The National Association of Purchasing Managers' index of manufacturing activity fell to 43.6 in July from 44.7 a month before.
The Bank of Scotland's purchasing managers index (PMI) said activity in Scotland's private sector economy expanded at a solid pace.
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The National Association of Purchasing Managers' index of manufacturing activity rose to 47.9 in August from 43.6 a month before, its biggest monthly gain in five years.
Data released Monday by HSBC showed the country's manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth straight month in December, with the monthly Purchasing Managers' Index at 46.4, down from 47.1 in November.
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's February index of business activity, an indicator of business conditions for manufacturers in the region, posted a surprise decline to -12.5, while a positive reading had been expected.
The Reuters Purchasing Manufacturer's index of factory activity fell to 47.3 in July, down 0.6 points from a month before.
This alternative index, he argues, does a much better job of explaining the pace of economic activity than conventional measures.
Recent bad news included a sharp fall in the National Association of Purchasing Management's index of manufacturing activity in December: it hit its lowest level since April 1991.
The closely monitored Index of Economic Activity of the Central Bank, or IBC-Br, showed that the Brazilian economy grew at a seasonally adjusted rate of a disappointingly low 1.55 percent over the last 12 months.
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