Sentences with phrase «serves as a leading indicator»

Presuming that asset prices fluctuate around a stable, long - term equilibrium, extreme deviations serve as lead indicators of trend reversals.

He said Greenland Sea temperatures could serve as a leading indicator of cooling and warming cycles in North Atlantic waters, which are believed to alternate on about 70 - year cycles.

Our data serves as a leading indicator of where the residential solar industry is headed: more loans than leases, higher market share for local and regional installers, lower prices, quicker sales cycles, and complete information transparency.»

So could this variable serve as a lead indicator?

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The Index looks at the results of three leading indicators to gauge confidence in the commercial construction industry — backlog levels, new business opportunities and revenue forecasts — generating a composite index on a scale of 0 to 100 that serves as an indicator of health for the contractor segment on a quarterly basis.

In that position he served as spokesman on the Chinese business cycle and was a designer of The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for China ®, a widely - followed, market - moving economic indicator.

Some were for elevated lead levels, the problem in Flint, but the data set also included violations for coliform bacteria — a group of microbes that is easy to detect and serves as an indicator of bacterial contamination in general — nitrates, arsenic, and other contaminants.

Scala has served as a researcher on several Regional Education Laboratories (RELs), including REL West and REL Northeast and the Islands, leading early warning systems work including indicator validation, development of an early warning system tool, and implementation of early warning systems.

For example, by gathering all the financial statement data that was available to investors in the lead - up to a share price disappointment, we can analyse whether particular financial ratios served as useful indicators of trouble ahead.

Taylor suggests that «though same store sales continue to serve as a baseline indicator of retail success,» the shift in store functionality from simply completing the sale to acting as showrooms or distribution centers has led analysts to question if the metric is «appropriate to measure modern retailing.»

EnergySage's report is based on millions of transaction - level data points generated within its Solar Marketplace, and serves as one of the country's foremost leading indicators of the future of residential solar shopping.