In this regard, biodiversity needs to feature in indicators on water quality.
No spurt in economic indicators seemed to justify such an increase.
The facts seemed to support this as the mediocre jobs report, with a deceleration in most indicators, had little negative impact on the equity market.
The lag behind India and China in economic indicators is reducing.
"DFID needs to do more and to take a tougher, clearer stance on the importance of cost and service performance information, and in particular indicators of education delivery and attainment if it is to make sure its contributions achieve the maximum good effect, " he said.
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By itself, money is a flimsy justification for a rise in interest rates when other indicators point in different directions.
The ratio is closely watched because as Ferrarone notes it shows a high degree of correlation to the year-over-year change in the OECD leading indicators, which in turn closely corresponds to market returns.
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The persistent fall in the leading indicators suggests that growth could remain disappointing in the first half of this year.
"When we compare changes in the black carbon to changes in these other indicators, it is clear that most of the increases in black carbon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in winter and spring, resulted from industrial emissions - probably from coal burning, " he added.
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Shanghai shares underperformed in Asia on Tuesday as investors reassessed their positions after recent tepid economic indicators in China, though the Kospi posted solid gains as major Korean exporters cheered the yen's rebound.
U.S. stocks were mixed in the early half of the session, as investors wait for economic reports including the Leading Economic Indicators in November and an important regional manufacturing gauge due out later today.
The White House released a report yesterday entitled Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being, a statistical portrait showing how women are faring in the United States today and how their lives have changed over time.
However, physical indicators in the Chinese market have turned more constructive of late, signaling tightening conditions.
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And this sea-change in public debate has been accompanied by an improvement in key cultural indicators.
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Barclays is looking at some niche indicators in these surveys and finding some sparkle.
Other indicators in the survey showed 15.6% of men and 13.8% of women reporting having cardiovascular disease.
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Nations are analyzed and ranked on 89 indicators in 8 categories such as education, government and economics.
The main leading indicators in both directions, into recessions and back out, are almost always housing and autos.
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One problem is that there are sometimes false-start turning-points in the leading indicators which turn out to go nowhere.
The UN says that while health indicators in Gaza are comparable to middle and high-income countries, quality needs to be improved.
The positive trends in Hispanic educational indicators also extend to high school.
Investors often look for leading indicators in order to time the market.
The most valuable indicators in the Continental telecom group, according to White, are price to cash flow, dividend yield and price to book.
The gap has become particularly pronounced among children and affects their well-being as well as causing disparities in several key indicators, the charity says.
But the biggest reasons for hope in 2013 and beyond lies in the steadily improving U.S. economy, as seen in important economic indicators.
This blindness is particularly striking among conservatives, who are constantly worrying about lost liberty, and looking for its leading indicators in all the wrong places.
Everyone becomes more cautious with their money when the economy underperforms, and it is common knowledge that jobs lag behind other indicators in a recovery.
This is one advantage over the Conference Board's leading economic indicator, which conceals useful information by combining longer- and shorter-term indicators in a single measure.
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