71.   The ECRI also puts out its own weekly inflation gauge, a composite of indicators, which the group specifically designed to be a leading indicator of inflation.

72.   The Fed was reacting to more than the leading indicators report, as other measures have shown that the economy is slowing.

73.   The index of leading indicators -- designed to predict U.S. business activity over the next half year -- increased in August for the seventh consecutive monthly gain.

74.   The index of leading indicators was flat in January.

75.   The index of leading indicators, created to call turns in the economy, is not the most reliable barometer.

76.   The latest economic news, from the Conference Board, is that the leading indicators slipped in February, but still suggest no recession.

77.   The import orders figures are designed to provide a leading indicator of import growth in the following month.

78.   The good news is that the stock market, a leading indicator, started rebounding in late September.

79.   The leading indicators confirm expectations that the pace of economic growth is moderating in the current quarter.

80.   The market is a leading indicator, not a lagging indicator, of economic activity.