The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's February index of business activity, an indicator of business conditions for manufacturers in the region, posted a surprise decline to -12.5, while a positive reading had been expected.
He said that the Airline did not have any plans to lay off any additional employees but will look at this week's business as an indicator to outlook the future.
This year has seen a marked deterioration in the Confederation of British Industry's indicator of business optimism.
Industry group, in general, as an indicator of business model, has the strongest influence on performance metrics used, with size and valuation premiums having little impact on metric selection.
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The money for these acquisitions has come substantially from global financiers, a key indicator that business experts and analysts now see India as a country meriting serious levels of investment.
This is affecting your IT just as much as your business: As an indicator, Forrester finds that 48% of information workers already buy whatever smartphone they want and use it for work purposes.
But with its mix of consumer-friendly PCs, printers and big business servers, HP is a better leading indicator than IBM, which has a thriving hardware and services business but is less diversified.
As impressive as the earnings spike is, the real highlight was the sales increase, which is a greater indicator of actual business growth.
The forward-looking indicator for general business conditions experienced a sharp fall as well, dropping to 22.45 on the index from 52.69 from May, driven by a larger number of manufacturers that now expect business conditions to worsen.
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The MBTI is frequently used in business settings as it is an indicator of how we see the world and are inclined to make decisions.
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All eyes are on JPMorgan in particular as its diversified business model generally acts as an indicator of what to expect from other banks over the coming weeks.
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As explained above, because the Kauffman Index is calculated using non-employer businesses as well as employer businesses, a slowing business creation rate is actually an indicator of improving economic health.
Some modestly upbeat EU data on consumer and business confidence was released Wednesday as the Economic Sentiment Indicator rose to 91.1 in February versus 89.5 in January, and reaching the highest level since last May.
Another advantage of Form-4 is that it must be filed with the SEC within two business days which makes it as close to a real-time indicator on insider activity as one could hope for.
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It is a shame you were not able to forecast sooner the collapse in our economy despite the abundant signs: an extreme dependency on construction and tourism, very low productivity, poor rankings in education on every international indicator, a stiff labour market, obstacles to starting a business, the end of the flood of money from Brussels, etc.
What happens to private equity may be a leading indicator of how the crisis in the financial system will affect the rest of the business world, both because private-equity deals are so dependent on large amounts of debt, and because many of the shrewdest judges of corporate value work for private-equity funds.
But with its mix of consumer-friendly PCs, printers and big business servers--in addition to its vastly greater bulk--HP is a better leading indicator than Sun, which specializes in geeky gear used in data centers and by engineers.
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