Although imperfect, these leading economic indicators can help investors anticipate the direction of the financial markets.

The University of Michigan Current Economic Conditions Index has historically acted as a contrarian indicator for stocks. The highest forward-looking returns for the S&P 500 have come when the index ...

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High-frequency weekly indicators remain broadly positive across long, short, and coincident timeframes, signaling ongoing economic expansion. AI-related capital spending, robust corporate profits, and ...

The ECB developed the SVI and PVI to monitor euro area bank vulnerabilities between stress tests and support decisions on ...

The Conference Board said Thursday (Aug. 20) that the Leading Economic Index’s (LEI) six-month growth rate turned positive for the first time in more than four years. The LEI’s six-month growth rate ...

Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson believes current economic indicators do not justify aggressive interest rate cuts, suggesting the Fed may only implement one more reduction before ...

Because of its use across many sectors, copper is seen as a leading indicator of economic health. After all, it is used ...

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The December 2025 reading was 50.4, and the 3-month rolling average in January 2026 hit 52.3. Both of those numbers are the lowest ever seen on this report going all the way back to the late 1970s.

Before we answer those questions, it's helpful to understand exactly what the VCI is and why it's so accurate. Zandi and his colleagues based the index on the Sahm Rule, developed by economist Claudia ...