leading economic indicator

基本解释

Coal, which is down 9% year-to-date, is not a bullish leading indicator for economic strength in the US.
煤炭價格今年至今下跌9%，就這個領先指標來看，美國經濟不容樂觀。
Cotton's rally bodes well for the economic recovery , as it is the longest leading economic indicator of all the commodities.
棉花價格的漲勢對經濟複囌而言是個積極信號，因爲它是所有大宗商品中周期性最長的主要經濟指標。
Consumer and business confidence rose in the euro area in September, with Germany leading the economic-sentiment indicator for the 16-member currency union close to a three-year high.
今年九月，因爲以德國爲首的十六成員貨幣聯盟經濟信心指數達到近三年的最高點，歐元地區的消費者和企業信心猛增。

Likewise, the leading economic indicator series that I mentioned earlier was actually pointing to recession early in 2008.
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The slope of the yield curve, singularly, is a long-time, powerful leading economic indicator—the steeper the more positive.
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Over the years the Conference Board has used several rules of thumb to decide whether its leading economic indicator is signalling a recession.
ECONOMIST: Leading economic indicators