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«Consumer confidence improved in December, following a moderate decrease in November,» says Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board.

«Consumer confidence improved further in December, due solely to increasing Expectations which hit a 13 - year high,» said Lynn Franco, director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, in a statement.

Says Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board: «Despite this month's improvement in confidence, the overall Index remains at historically low levels.

«Consumer confidence decreased in January after reaching a 15 - year high in December,» said Lynn Franco, director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, in a statement.

«Consumer confidence rebounded in August, following a sharp decline in July,» says Lynn Franco, director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board.

«Consumer confidence improved to its highest level since 2000 (Nov. 2000, 132.6) after a modest increase in January,» said Lynn Franco, director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, in a statement.

«Consumer confidence increased in August following a moderate improvement in July,» said Lynn Franco, director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board in a statement.

«Consumer confidence improved slightly in January, following an increase in December,» says Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board.

«Consumer confidence increased moderately in June following a small decline in May,» said Lynn Franco, director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, in a statement.

«Looking ahead, consumers were marginally less optimistic about the short - term outlook compared to July, primarily due to concerns about their earnings,» said Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at the Conference Board.

«The decline in confidence was fueled by a somewhat less optimistic outlook for business and job prospects in the coming months,» Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, said in a statement.

Not exact matches

With economic indicators suggesting gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of four percent in the first quarter, the Bay Streeters insist the future is bright.

At a press conference later, Poloz dismissed a spate of disappointing economic indicators, and he shrugged off a question about the slide of oil prices to below $ 38 (US) per barrel.

We looked at basic indicators of economic health and growth.

The larger point Wolfers seems to be making with his response to Trump is that looking at the number of record - high closes in a narrow period is not a particularly good indicator of economic performance — particularly for a president who inherited a stock market that was already relatively high in value.

In the meantime, investors will be looking at other indicators of economic and corporate health.

And we are not talking just about the recent rise in lipstick sales at Estée Lauder, which is considered by some to be a hot - red indicator of economic trouble (at least on slow news days) on the horizon because consumers tend to turn to less expensive indulgences when losing confidence in the future.

Gundlach, the chief executive of DoubleLine Capital, told Reuters on Saturday that it is «hard to love bonds at even 3 percent when GDPNow for Q1 2018 is suggesting annualized nominal GDP growth above 7 percent,» referring to a new indicator of economic growth from the Atlanta Fed.

A second reason for looking at junk bonds is that they may be a more sensitive indicator, perhaps a more sensitive leading indicator, of economic conditions than higher - grade bonds.

* The majority of our economic indicators are released at a set date and time as shown on our calendar.

In the next few weeks the Executive Committee will look at a range of economic indicators — including inflation, jobs, and confidence data to be rereleased next week — before actually designing the new program.

Prices for copper, a key industrial metal and a strong leading indicator of economic growth, have remained robust at above $ 4 a pound.

The decision to keep policy unchanged has come at a time when some economic indicators are predicting a pick - up in the pace of the British economic recovery.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

In Europe, despite moderating Purchasing Managers» Indices — a composite indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing and services sector — 1Q18 growth is tracking at an annualized 2.5 % Q.

Here's a quick look at the numbers, plus a list of recommended readings if you want to know more about the context and significance of these economic indicators.

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»).

Earnings / Macro Pulse: But if you look at a couple of key indicators we track: the «nominal surprise index» (this tracks a combination of the Citi US inflation surprise index and the economic surprise index - giving a view on how the inflation and general economic data is turning out vs expectations), and the «earnings revisions indicator» (this combines earnings revisions ratio and the rate of change in forward earnings).

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

Daily she covered the economic news of the day on - air, looking at the markets and the economic indicators and giving viewers analysis and context.

We typically look at three primary indicators to assess the state of the economic recovery: housing, consumer spending and jobs.

As analysts, we look at many different indicators to get a thorough reading of economic and market trends.

[That claim itself, of course, is wildly at odds with the statistical record, as confirmed by Unifor's recent report. We compiled historical data on 16 conventional economic indicators going back to 1946, and found that Canada's economy performed worse under Harper's leadership than any other postwar Prime Minister — and lagged most OECD countries during Harper's tenure, as well.

The latest round of OECD Composite Leading Indicators was just released, and given how useful these indicators can be in shedding light on the state of the economic cycle (and market cycle) it's worth taking a look at the trends withinIndicators was just released, and given how useful these indicators can be in shedding light on the state of the economic cycle (and market cycle) it's worth taking a look at the trends withinindicators can be in shedding light on the state of the economic cycle (and market cycle) it's worth taking a look at the trends within the data.

The NDP attempted to paint a rosy picture of Alberta's finances and economy at the third quarter update, despite economic indicators and discussions with Albertans suggesting otherwise.

Following the vote, the country's Purchasing Managers» Index — a measure of manufacturing output and a key economic indicator — suffered its largest one - month drop since 2009, when the global recession was at its worst.

Indicators underline «a fundamental negative dynamic» at the end of this year but also point to «a moderate economic acceleration from the beginning of 2013,» said Alexander Koch, an economist at UniCredit in Munich.

In fact, the state's existing composite business cycle index — also known as the Index of Coincident Economic Indicators, based on language identical to what's laid out in Cuomo's proposed infrastructure fund — actually did decline for three consecutive months at the end of 2014, as illustrated in the chart below.

The Corporate Affairs Manager of SSNIT, Eva Amegashie has explained that the 18 % increment of pension benefits was arrived at by using the average salary of 2016 plus other economic indicators.

Beyond the strong economic indicators, President Nana Akufo - Addo said his economic management team had found imaginative ways to deal with the «oppressive debt situation» bringing relief to the country and rebuild the «annual average rate of debt accumulation as reduced from a high of 36 percent to 13.6 percent as at September 2017.»

Speaking at the annual meeting of the state's Business Council, he says the state still ranks 50th out of 50th in many key economic indicators, including high taxes and business climate.

If technology and innovation capacity are to be trusted as indicators of future economic growth (which I believe they are), the BRICS are already nipping at the heels of recognised innovation and R&D leaders like Europe and the U.S.

Food security indicators, a combination of economic, health, logistic and population statistics, assessed which areas are currently at greatest risk for hunger and malnutrition.

Researchers looked at the geographical distribution of habitual dietary salt intake in Britain and its association with manual occupations and educational attainments, both indicators of socio - economic position and key determinants of health.

A study published in the Annals of Human Biology by Carlos Varea and colleagues investigates the impact of the economic crisis on birth outcomes in Spain; specifically detailing temporal changes (from 2003 - 2012) in underweight at birth, birth weight being an important indicator of health outcomes throughout the life course.

Co-author Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: «For five years, policies to address the financial crisis have focussed almost entirely on economic indicators.

The University of Washington's John Bransford and Andreas Schleicher, head of the Indicators and Analysis Division at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), maker of the PISA exam, believe students need dynamic problems to solve, ones that require real - world research and allow them to learn on the spot, not just apply prior knowledge.

Differences between high and low boundary participation neighborhoods in terms of demographic characteristics, indicators of economic opportunity, and neighborhood characteristics are not significant at middle and high school levels.

'' Household debt to income is the Don Cherry of economic indicators — everyone watches, no one learns anything,» said Craig Wright, chief economist at Royal Bank of Canada.

The Committee currently expects that, with gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy, economic activity will expand at a moderate pace and labor market indicators will continue to strengthen.