The leading economic indicators are a set of factors that provide information that is current and foreshadows future changes to the US economy. This compares to lagging indicators such as job growth ...

Equities have wobbled a bit recently, without any obvious catalyst, aside from the most apparent one: they’re expensive by ...

They say that hindsight is 20/20. There’s also an old joke that economists have predicted nine of the last five recessions. These two sayings encapsulate, respectively, the concepts of “lagging” and ...

The composite leading index rose 0.2% in May, its sixth straight such increase after April’s original estimate of 0.1% was revised up, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. According to StatsCan, the ...

If reacceleration gains traction, it becomes a fundamental driver of earnings growth. That’s the critical link. The equity ...

The Canadian economy is in recovery mode according to the latest report on the leading economic indicators from Statistics Canada. The composite leading index grew 0.5% in August, the same rate as in ...

Leading indicators are proactive measures that give leadership insight into future performance of risk management initiatives ...

There are more than a handful of things I can cite as leading indicators for the Gold price. Ratios such as Gold against the stock market and Gold against foreign currencies are generally good leading ...

When Statistics Canada's composite leading economic indicator posted its biggest monthly gain in more than 50 years this week, some market watchers cautioned investors not to put too much stock in it.

OTTAWA — The outlook for Canada’s economic performance strengthened for the eight straight month in February, due mainly to a rebound in the stock market, according to Statistics Canada’s composite ...

Macdonald-Laurier Institute index rose 0.2 per cent in month, following a 0.1 improvement in August OTTAWA—A leading indicator for the Canadian economy registered its second consecutive monthly gain ...