Sentences with phrase «headline index»

«This paper shows that ecosystems are best thought of as portfolios of natural capital assets and the wealth held in the ecosystem provides an attractive headline index for ecosystem - based management,» said Seong Do Yun, a postdoctoral fellow at F&ES and lead author of the paper.

The report's headline index of manufacturing conditions in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware advanced to 16.6 this month from March's 9.0 reading, well ahead of economists» consensus forecast for a smaller rise to 10.0.

And if you think I'm cheering a little late in the game, I reckon there are plenty more innings goals to come... Which might seem odd — after all, the US market has more than tripled since its 2009 low, while headline index multiples around the globe are by no means cheap (and something like the US market's CAPE ratio seems particularly alarming).

As a result, we find that the «order surplus» signal we derive from regional economic surveys (new orders + order backlogs — inventories) typically leads the headline indices by about three months.

The Tankan's headline index, measuring sentiment among big manufacturers, rose to 12 in September from 4 in June, beating analyst expectations and showing that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to pump up the economy are bearing fruit.

That said, the headline index pointed to only a marginal pace of improvement and the latest reading was still below the average since the survey began in late - 2010 (53.0).

Let's start with some caveats: The outlook for the headline index remains challenging.

«The Shanghai Composite in aggregate is now trading back well below average global equity valuations at the headline index level,» says Jonathan Garner, Morgan Stanley's Chief Asia and Emerging Market Equity Strategist.

Nevertheless, the headline index should remain at historically high levels.

A faster reduction in manufacturing output levels was the main factor contributing to a drop in the headline index during October, as new business volumes decreased at a slightly slower pace than one month previously.

While economists were expecting the headline index to come in at a level of 58.0, the actual reading was notably weaker at 56.8.

Composite activity slowed but nevertheless, remained solid for the ISM manufacturing sample where the headline index fell 2.4 points to 56.6.

Through the partnership with the Toronto Stock Exchange, the S&P / TSX Composite Index has been the headline index for the Canadian equity market since 1977.