Value Line is regarded as the best independent research
available. More than just recommendations, Value Line provides
the rationale behind its picks for greater understanding. - Don
D., California Once a month, the Conference Board, a
nongovernmental organization, issues its report on the Leading
Economic Indicators, commonly called the Leading Indicators.
Actually, it is a three-part report, taking in the Leading
Indicators, the Lagging Indicators, and the Coincident
Indicators. The Leading Indicators are indicators in economics
and finance used to forecast the future. Such indicators are
designed to predict the state of the economy in the coming
months. These so-called leading indicators include: the average
workweek, initial claims for unemployment insurance, building
permits, the money supply, inventory changes, orders for
consumer goods, and the stock market. These indicators will
typically change before the aggregate economy changes. Of the
three parts of the series, the leading indicators are the most