For example, the weekly leading index fell sharply in 1987 but no recession was called.
The ECRI weekly Leading Index, after some ugly downtrends, is showing signs of turning around.
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The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index increased 0.1% in May.
Phoenix and Miami recorded the strongest and fourth-strongest increases in home prices in the year to March, according to one leading index.
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.
But now, Hussman notes in his latest market commentary that the ECRI Weekly Leading Index, which has been a leading indicator for the ISM index, has declined to -6.9%, a bad sign.
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.
The Conference Board's Leading Economic Index for February was in line with forecasts.
Argentina's leading shares index, MerVal, slumped 6.5% on Monday after Mr Lopez Murphy, a market favorite, was knocked out of the race.
The stock remains in a bullish trend and has maintained its momentum in the past month, leading the index by about 3.5%.
Their chart shows that both the Leading Economic Index (LEI) as well as the Coincident Economic Index (CEI) are both still clearly rising.
The stock remains in a bullish trend and has maintained its momentum in the past month, leading the index by about 6.5% as well.
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The Conference Board is out with its leading indicators index for the month of May, and the results reversed a 0.4% decline that it measured in April with a 0.8% increase to 114.7.
Last week was a pretty quiet in the Eurozone, and as expected, the market leading DAX Index did complete its corrective pattern, but is still below its all time highs from 2007.
Plans for partly government-funded health care in the U.S. have kept the European pharmaceutical sector subdued in the 12 months since Obama came into office, with its leading sector index up just 10.4% in that time period while Europe's top 500 stocks are up 35.8%, according to Pope.
These signs have included significant drops in initial jobless claims, increases in the index of Leading Indicators, as well as the ISM manufacturing new orders index extending above 50.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday is light and includes the leading economic indicators index.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators index and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
In afternoon trading, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares rose 4.56 percent, Germany's DAX index jumped 8.66 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose 3.15 percent.
The Conference Board also reported Monday that its index for leading economic indicators made a surprise 0.3% gain in December, the first time the index has rose since June.
The news also boosted leading European stocks, sending the benchmark Dow Jones EuroStoxx index of 50 leading shares up 2.1%, to 2, 210.79 points.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.7 percent higher at 6, 326.
The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 index of leading shares was down 0.3%, at 3, 012.87 points.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the consumer price index and leading economic indicators.
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In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed 73.79 points, or 1.9 percent, higher at 3, 926.38.
More damningly, they are the only two innovative tech outfits in the FTSE index of leading shares.
The Nasdaq index of leading shares plunged by 5% or 171 points to 3029, its 52-week low.
In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares finished the day up 3.5% or 205.3 points at 6, 064.2.
The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 index of leading shares shot up 3.5%, to 3113.82 points, late Friday afternoon in Europe.
The Conference Board's index of leading indicators for July rose more than expected, but still suggests little improvement in the economy.
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