But when the economy is ravaged by a loss in velocity--literally, the speed with which money makes its way through the economy--a revival in consumer spending is the key leading sign that the economic pain is soon coming to an end.
Airlines and consumer goods purveyors are already among its leading advertisers, and it also hopes to sign up a large number of Western firms.
Since it is unlikely that all the G20 leading governments - especially the US - will sign up to put the big squeeze on investment banks, the Treasury may succeed in killing the tax (the UK can veto it in the EU).
But more importantly, it is a sign to me that young women will be leading our economic recovery as the entrepreneurs creating the jobs and the robust economy of the near future.
But a spokeswoman for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, one of Edwards' leading rivals in the Iowa contest, said the pact is a sign of weakness on Edwards' part.
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While labor strife isn't necessarily a sign of financial turmoil, labor peace is often a leading indicator of stability, at least in sports, where struggling owners often blame their woes on player salaries and try to organize attempts to roll back compensation.
Carriers such as United would be happy with more flights and Japanese destinations, linked to permission to sign a code-sharing (joint marketing) deal with a leading Japanese carrier.
Another positive sign for construction is that publicly-traded construction companies seem to be on the leading edge of the real estate industry recovery.
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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.
In a concrete sign that Wall Street is now prepared to help such families, it emerged that some leading bankers have withdrawn their opposition to allowing bankruptcy judges to modify the terms of mortgages in arrears in order to prevent foreclosures.
The latest sign of this was the assassination attempt on Grand Ayatollah Seyed Mohammed Said al-Hakim, a leading Shia Muslim cleric, in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf on Sunday.
There's no sign of the OBR rethinking its reckoning in light of the Scottish government's substantially more optimistic assumptions leading to higher revenue forecasts.
"It is a good sign that companies of that size are making substantial investments, " says Zak Brown, chief executive of leading motorsport sponsorship agency Just Marketing.
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