The case is an indicator of how the subprime mortgage crisis is continuing to dog US lenders five years on.

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The terms "gross" and "net" in this case show if this indicator includes or excludes consumption of fixed capital in the process of production.

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And, in any case, a tactile indicator helps deaf-blind people too.

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Such is the case with the Super Bowl Indicator.

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The watchdog said SMRs were a "key indicator of quality in healthcare" and that the case of Stafford Hospital was proof of this.

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In the first case, the best, most reliable indicator of how an investor will behave (for instance, in volatile markets) is his past behavior.

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But, if asked many would dismiss it as simply a case of the paper market being a leading indicator for the physical market.

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Real market case studies show how to properly apply the popular MACD indicator in order to generate early warning signals about changing trends in a variety of markets.

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The housing market, long known as the main health indicator of the U.S. consumer and economy, went into a double dip earlier this year according to Case-Shiller.

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