And we also know that the Fed relies on the lagging economic indicator of unemployment, rather than forward-looking price signals, to set policy.
The stock loan data provides a lagging indicator of what the smart money is doing, but one of its chief values is the window it provides into selling trends.
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Watching Dorit engage with the children and talking with her afterward it became obvious that what she did with the children was a lagging indicator of how she felt about them.
The market has completely ignored the ongoing negative reports from the housing industry, usually a leading indicator, instead focusing on the jobs picture, which is historically a lagging indicator.
On the surface that seems to make sense, but history shows that employment is a lagging indicator, one of the last areas to begin improving in an economic recovery.
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And since the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator, that figure increased even further to 8.2% in December of 1975.
International is also probably a lagging indicator for the company.
Although consumer confidence is a lagging indicator, the low reading did not surprise me, and I believe is an accurate assessment of the collective mindsets of consumers at present, given all of the volatility that we saw in the stock market during the month of August.
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This contradicts that 11-year-high inflation report, but remember: Gold is a leading indicator, the report a lagging one.
Now the headlines are best viewed as a lagging indicator of bad deeds past, not a sign of current conduct.
But surely the Fed knows that employment is a lagging indicator, and using it as a leading indicator for its policies is almost sure to have it on the wrong side of the cycle.
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Employment is a lagging indicator and cannot improve much until the economy picks up.
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But that lagging indicator failed to take into account the surge in exports starting in 2010.
Job losses will remain a lagging indicator, keeping inflation at bay in the near term.
No, the "Orange Marilyn" is neither a leading nor a lagging indicator, but merely a coincident indicator of our corporate world's prosperity.
First, for those who follow the adds and drops from the Goldman Sachs Conviction List may recognize this to be a lagging indicator.
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Every economist will say jobs are a lagging indicator, but that's no consolation for the folks who are out there suffering right now.
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This ability to read the next move in a stock is often absent from your charts, a lagging indicator.
President Bush described political progress in Iraq as a "lagging" indicator, meaning it will likely only be achieved after the U.S. military surge is well underway.
In fact, with GDP growth generally a lagging indicator anyhow, it is often more rewarding to pay attention to policies at the margin that encourage economic growth when trying to predict outperforming global markets, says Vlad Signorelli, global research director at boutique investment research firm Brettonwoods Research LLC in New Jersey.
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Understanding that unemployment tends to be a lagging indicator and if economists are correct and we are only halfway through this recession, the unemployment picture should worsen considerably.
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