With heightened economic uncertainty, we are noticing an increased interest in economic data as it’s reported. Market pundits are hanging on each new data point and related utterance from the U.S.

Economists, analysts, policymakers and investors take the economy’s temperature by examining regularly released data sets called economic indicators. There are all kinds of economic indicators — some ...

Long leading indicators show improvement, with corporate profits reaching a neutral rating. Short leading indicators and coincident indicators have been generally improving, with stock prices, initial ...

U.S. Leading Economic Index dips 0.1% in January 2026, signaling headwinds as expectations and permits weaken.

Last week was a relatively light week in economic data in the US, with a heavy focus on global central banks. The dispersion is widening in global central bank policy. Global central banks have been ...

The leading U.S. economic indicators are still pointing to a slowdown, but no longer signal a recession, data from the Conference Board, a nonpartisan and non-profit research organization, showed ...

The Conference Board's leading indicators no longer signal recession. The U.S. recession fears were partly responsible for the early August slide in stocks and cryptocurrencies. The leading U.S.