Consumer confidence, job growth and other
broad indicators of economic health remain strong — in fact, U.S. job growth significantly outperformed expectations in June.
Prominent metrics, such as Revenue per Lawyer, Overheard per Lawyer and Profits per Partner, are
broad indicators of a firm's success, but they do not create a granular understanding of the costs to deliver services either on specific matters or types of work.
The results don't indicate whether one causes the other, but they do show that connectivity patterns could one day help predict traits or offer
broad indicators of the effect of drugs on the brain.
On Friday, the initial reading on first - quarter gross domestic product was 2.3 percent,
a broad indicator of the health of the economy, ahead of consensus estimates of 2 percent, according to economists polled by Thomson Reuters.
While not all improvements on a property require a permit, such as painting, replacing light fixtures or adding window coverings etc., permit activity is
a broad indicator of whether investors are improving properties or merely holding out for price gains.
Aluminium inventories < 0 #SMM - ALINV > published by data provider SMM, which are updated twice a week and considered
a broader indicator of Chinese stocks than ShFE data, showed a 12,000 tonne drawdown from March 29 to 2.31 million tonnes on Wednesday.
Broader indicators of the growth of the economy have remained firm in 2004.
Broader indicators of investment intentions also point to further growth although the picture is somewhat uneven across industries.
* Disclaimer While Insurance.com's 2007 Auto Insurance Pricing Report is
a broad indicator of pricing activity in the personal auto insurance marketplace on a per household basis, it is not a comprehensive index as it reflects only the pricing activity of carriers that have participated in the Insurance.com auto insurance marketplace in the states where it quotes (all states except Alaska, Hawaii, Massachusetts) and the aggregate profile of consumers who shop using the Insurance.com platform.
* Disclaimer While the «2005 Auto Insurance Pricing Report» is
a broad indicator of pricing activity in the personal auto insurance marketplace it reflects only the pricing activity of carriers that have participated in the ComparisonMarket auto insurance marketplace in the states where it quotes (all states except Alaska, Hawaii, Massachusetts,) and the aggregate profile of consumers who shop using the ComparisonMarket platform.
* Disclaimer While the Insurance.com's 2007 Mid-Year Auto Insurance Pricing Report is
a broad indicator of pricing activity in the personal auto insurance marketplace on a per household basis, it is not a comprehensive index as it reflects only the pricing activity of carriers that have participated in the Insurance.com auto insurance marketplace in the states where it quotes (all states except Alaska, Hawaii, Massachusetts) and the aggregate profile of consumers who shop using the Insurance.com platform.
Disclaimer While the Insurance.com 2007 Third Quarter Auto Insurance Pricing Report is
a broad indicator of pricing activity in the personal auto insurance marketplace on a per household basis, it is not a comprehensive index as it reflects only the pricing activity of carriers that have participated in the Insurance.com auto insurance marketplace in the states where it quotes (all states except Alaska, Hawaii, and Massachusetts) and the aggregate profile of consumers who shop using the Insurance.com platform.
While RateWatch for Car Insurance is
a broad indicator of pricing activity in the personal auto insurance marketplace, it is not a comprehensive index as it reflects only the quotes of companies Insurance.com represents in the 47 states where it quotes (all states except Alaska, Hawaii, and Massachusetts).
While the Car Insurance Rate Report is
a broad indicator of pricing activity in the personal auto insurance marketplace, it is not a comprehensive index as it reflects only the quotes of carriers that have participated in the Insurance.com platform in the states where it quotes (all states except Alaska, Hawaii, and Massachusetts).
As
a broad indicator of a cryptocurrency's developer support, however, Cryptomiso is a useful tool.
Not exact matches
Though they're based on estimates, these tables are the
broadest possible and a closely - watched
indicator of who is up and who is down.
«The idea is that as institutional investors seek out increasingly higher levels
of risk / return, that Bitcoin may represent the most risky / potentially highest return available, and hence could be evolving quickly into a primary barometer / leading
indicator for
broader financial markets and risk appetite.»
Based on a dynamic factor model (DFM) methodology, we use a
broad range
of international economic
indicators (close to 300) to estimate external demand for Canadian exports.
It's important to understand that the USCI isn't a random concoction
of data, but rather the gold standard for measuring current economic growth, as it summarizes the key coincident economic
indicators used to determine the official start and end dates
of U.S. recessions; namely, the
broad measures
of output, employment, income and sales.
For our part, we don't follow the Coppock
indicator per se, but the
broad range
of technical measures we follow include our own variant that is associated with stronger and more reliable subsequent returns (this variant has not even gone to negative levels yet, much less turned favorable).
Despite Monday's bullish reversal candles, we continued playing defense because one
of the most important and reliable
indicators of technical analysis is the volume patterns
of the
broad market (this was the focus
of our May 3 commentary).
The Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, which we reported on this morning, is based on 85 economic
indicators drawn from four
broad categories
of data:
When the U-3 unemployment rate suggested that the economy was approaching full employment, Chair Yellen held her ground and directed market participants to look at
broader economic
indicators for signs
of labor market slack (please see: Yellen's opposition to following «simple monetary policy rules»).
Composite Treasuries Sentiment: Taking a
broader view
of bond market sentiment (our composite bond market sentiment
indicator combines the signal from futures positioning, fund flows, implied volatility, and global bond market breadth), it's readily apparent that bond market sentiment has seen a reset from relatively stretched bearishness to just on the bullish side
of neutral (i.e. the
indicator is saying participants have gone from expecting higher bond yields to expecting lower bond yields).
We rely on our
broad arsenal
of fundamental barometers for profits, sentiment, momentum, and our cyclical
indicators to help us identify whether markets are correctly aligned relative to their economic and profits cycles.
Now, the slowdown in money supply growth and the bank credit flattening
of the yield curve will occur well before there is any noticeable impact on a
broad array
of economic
indicators or long lags in monetary policy.
Three
of the four
broad categories
of indicators that make up the index decreased from November, although three
of the four categories also made positive contributions to the index in December.
Meanwhile, bitcoin's share
of the total market fell to around 42 %, another healthy
indicator for the
broader crypto asset class.
The question becomes whether the COI Rule success is a one - off win — or a leading
indicator of a
broader movement toward fiduciary advice.
The CAB is a composite index
of chemical industry activity that produces a leading
indicator of broader economy - wide activity.
globalisation with a human face, global citizenship, sustainable development, good governance, consensus - building, global ethic, cultural diversity, cultural liberty, dialogue among civilizations, quality
of life, quality education, education for all, right to choose, informed choice, informed consent, gender, equal opportunity, empowerment, NGOs, civil society, partnerships, transparency, bottom - up participation, accountability, holism,
broad - based consultation, facilitation, inclusion, awareness - raising, clarification
of values, capacity - building, women's rights, children's rights, reproductive rights, sexual orientation, safe abortion, safe motherhood, enabling environment, equal access, life skills education, peer education, bodily integrity, internalisation, ownership, bestpractices,
indicators of progress, culturally sensitive approaches, secular spirituality, Youth Parliament, peace education, the rights
of future generations, corporate social responsibility, fair trade, human security, precautionary principle, prevention...
The influence that religious broadcasters may have is more significant, therefore, when they are viewed within the
broader context as
indicators of a general cultural trend among groups
of disenfranchised citizens.
The content
of Ms. Khar's speech was quite
broad and overarching wherein she not only covered her own domain
of Pakistani foreign policy but also set out what she believed were the positive
indicators of a state which is often characterised as dysfunctional.
History shows one important fact: the results
of competitive special elections from Hawaii to New York are poor
indicators of broader trends or future general election outcomes.
The early warning system will include nine financial
indicators, such as cash - on - hand and patterns
of operating deficits, together with
broader demographic information like population trends and tax assessment growth.
Designed to provide a «
broad base»
of scientific and technological information to the President, Congress, and policy - makers, the biennially produced
Indicators are also an invaluable resource for upcoming scientists and students.
«We discuss why inclusion
of local peoples» knowledges and myriad perspectives is crucial to developing appropriate
indicators and management approaches for the intricately linked concepts
of sustainability and well - being, and suggest ways to bridge between these locally derived solutions and
broader scale efforts.»
With this
broad range
of indicators, U-Multirank can compare «like with like» and display the strengths
of institutions that are usually outshone in classical rankings, says project leader Frank Ziegele.
One
of the biggest
indicators of poor fat adaptation is craving for foods that are high in carbohydrates — in a very
broad sense, the reason we «want» or «crave» something is because on some level (deep or superficial) we feel we need it.
Accountability systems should measure and reflect this
broader vision
of learning by using a framework
of indicators for school success centered on academic outcomes, opportunity to learn, and engagement and support.
While how precisely quality
of hire can be measured still remains debatable,
broad indicators include:
Vallas claims that
broader measures and progress
indicators were always a part
of his system, but few others recall such a balanced approach.
Rather, policy makers and the media use a
broad range
of indicators to monitor schools, looking for appropriate gains when current performance is compared with past performance.
A state test, like a physical, consists
of indicators — a set
of items that sample indirectly from the
broader domain
of the content supposedly addressed through a local educational regimen based on the standards.
Appellate - level court cases define case law, generate media coverage, influence public perceptions, and can be tracked over time as an empirical
indicator of the
broad parameters
of court climate toward school discipline.
Under ESSA, states will establish new accountability systems that will include additional
indicators of success that reflect a
broader picture
of how schools are serving all children.
Reporting performance on
indicators separately underscores the
broader understanding
of what contributes to a positive educational experience for students by focusing on a variety
of outcomes and ensuring that disparities among student groups within individual measures are not overlooked.
In our report we drew up a list
of broad indicator areas which, if developed, would start to give measures
of how near or how far school systems are from the OECD / ILE framework.
But as educators and policymakers, we need to compare ourselves with similar nations and on a
broader set
of indicators that put school performance in context - not just a single number in an international ranking.»
Accordingly, «Next Generation» accountability systems should include «a
broad palette
of functionally significant
indicators to replace [such] single composite
indicators [as this] will likely be regarded as informational rather than controlling, thereby motivating stakeholders to action» (p. ix).