Starts, which are a forward indicator as they track construction, rose by an annualized rate of 750, 000 in August from a downwardly revised 733, 000 in June.

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Often the goal is to find the key indicator of a problem or to track the performance of a system.

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Mr. Khosla shared his advice at that event, as he did at SXSW, with a focus on the necessity and centrality of risk, and how it can be a key indicator that we are on the right track.

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