US leading index down for third month

21 November 2019

 

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) is a composite index which is composed of ten indices which are thought to be sensitive to changes in the US economy. The Conference Board describes it as an index which attempts to signal peaks and troughs and turning points in the index have historically occurred prior to changes in aggregate economic activity. Recently, month on month changes in the LEI have been...

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