leading indicators
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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The reason financials tend to be leading indicators is that they are the providers of liquidity for growth.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Even before the Iran conflict broke out, Moody’s machine-learning-based leading indicators had reflected a 49% chance of a recession beginning in the U.S. within the next 12 months.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
For deposit insurance, such a market would almost certainly set rates that reflect leading indicators of risk, such as rapid asset growth, rather than lagging indicators, such as the growth in a bank’s non-performing loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Of the states that are likely to report results fairly rapidly, Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan will be seen as leading indicators.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024
A batch of data from Japan includes household spending and consumption figures, leading indicators, and the latest foreign exchange reserves.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
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