COIN, a monthly indicator of current activity.

ECONOMIST: Overview

If the 15 CPW sale is any indicator, this transaction will inspire some current sellers to hike their prices in overly-optimistic attempts to use the deal as a loose comparable moving forward.

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It is obvious that our current approach to performance ratings are a poor indicator of organizational results.

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Now the headlines are best viewed as a lagging indicator of bad deeds past, not a sign of current conduct.

ECONOMIST: Business behaviour

Both insider selling and insider buying are worth watching but in terms of looking for reasons to say no given the current environment, insider selling is a better indicator.

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While you are right insofar as the OS marketshare does not say anything about current profits, profit share is only a trailing indicator of dominance.

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Because the performance ratio looks at the whole, rather than the sum of the parts, this indicator can take into consideration individual variables that are ignored by current metrics.

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Industry experts say a number of factors are contributing to the current environment for trucking, which is often seen as a leading indicator of economic activity.

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That's a clear indicator as any that OLED TV is much more than just an incremental improvement to current television technology.

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The Culture for Development Indicator Suite (CDIS) provides a timely response to these challenges, building on the current favourable political context, greater capacity for data collection, and the critical mass of field experiences from large-scale projects.

UNESCO: Culture for Development Indicators