U.S. economic data due for release Friday is light and includes the leading economic indicators index.
Retail sales were strong last week, and the Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) jumped sharply.
Retail sales and the Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) beat estimates, with the LEI jumping to 0.9% from 0.2% the prior month.
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U.S. stocks were mixed in the early half of the session, as investors wait for economic reports including the Leading Economic Indicators in November and an important regional manufacturing gauge due out later today.
There was the first drop to a negative reading by the Leading Economic Indicators in nine months, the largest decline in durable goods orders since last August, big plunges in new home starts and permits for future starts.
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The Index of Leading Economic Indicators surprised on the upside, increasing by 0.6 percent, whereas a 0.2 percent rise was expected.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the housing price index, leading economic indicators and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators and the U.S. house price index.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators, and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators index and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, leading economic indicators, existing home sales and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, existing home sales, leading economic indicators and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
Veteran market watcher Jim Stack, editor of Investech Research is bullish on stocks, and recent data from the Economic Cycle Research Institute showing leading economic indicators at their highest level in more than 20 years reaffirms his outlook.
That said, some are leading indicators while others are lagging and amid the current economic environment, investors are examining leading indicators to determine what is coming next.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the flash U.S. manufacturing PMI, leading economic indicators, the weekly DOE energy stocks report and the Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity report.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the consumer price index, the flash manufacturing PMI, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, the weekly DOE liquid energy stocks report, and the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the consumer price index and leading economic indicators.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, leading economic indicators, and the Philadelphia Federal Reserve business outlook survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the housing price index and leading economic indicators.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, the Philadelphia Fed business survey, and the monthly house price index.
Other U.S. economic reports due for release Thursday are many and include the weekly jobless claims report, the consumer confidence index, revised corporate profits, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, the Philadelphia Fed business survey, the monthly house price index, and foreign central bank holdings.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the U.S. flash manufacturing PMI, the monthly house price index, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
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With the yield curve steep, leading economic indicators still rising month to month and sentiment skewered skeptical, we have years of bull ahead.
It has a lot to do with the recent performance of the stock market, a pretty good measure of sentiment as well as one of the better leading indicators of real economic activity.
Leading economic indicators and the Philadelphia Fed business survey both came in below forecasts.
The Conference Board reported that April Leading Economic Indicators climbed 0.6%.
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But keep checking those leading economic indicators over the coming months.
The Conference Board also reported Monday that its index for leading economic indicators made a surprise 0.3% gain in December, the first time the index has rose since June.
Meanwhile, the Conference Board's gauge of leading economic indicators, also due at 10 a.m.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, durable goods orders, the Chicago Fed national activity index, leading economic indicators and new residential sales.
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