The latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) decreased in September to its lowest level since October 2016. The index fell 0.5% from the previous month to 99.7, marking its seventh ...

The numbers: The leading indicators for the U.S. economy sank 0.2% in August, the privately run Conference Board said Thursday. That is the sixth straight monthly decline. The index fell 0.6% in July.

Key recession signals include the Leading Economic Index, Consumer Confidence Index, plunging lumber prices, and freight ...

NEW YORK A closely watched predictor of the economy activity rose for a second consecutive month in December, pointing to sustained, gradual growth. The Conference Board, a private research group, ...

U.S. economic growth looks likely to slow ahead as businesses hold back on investment, according to a gauge of monthly sentiment. The Conference Board said Monday that its Leading Economic Index, or ...

The leading U.S. economic indicators are still pointing to a slowdown, but no longer signal a recession, data from the Conference Board, a nonpartisan and non-profit research organization, showed ...

The NCSU INDEX OF NORTH CAROLINA LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS (the “Index”), an indicator of the direction of the State economy in the upcoming months, decreased 0.1%, continuing a downward trend which ...