The Composite Index of Leading Indicators, or Leading Economic Index (LEI), is a monthly index published by The Conference Board that combines ten economic components to predict the direction of ...

An economic index that measures business trends increased in October as impacts from a string of catastrophic hurricanes dissipated. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index rose 1.2% to 130.4 ...

The numbers: The leading index for the U.S. economy sank again in May, declining for the third month in a row, but it “doesn’t currently signal a recession,” the Conference Board said.

A key gauge of future U.S. economic activity, the Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, plunged 0.7% in March, marking its steepest monthly decline since late 2023 and exceeding economists ...

The Conference Board’s latest Leading Economic Index, which pulls a bunch of data points together to try to predict where the economy is going, was down by 0.3% in February — the third ...

The latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index decreased in June to its lowest level since April 2020. The LEI is a composite index of several indicators. It is a predictive variable that ...

CB Leading Economic Index declined by 0.1% month-over-month in December. High interest rates put pressure on the index. SP500 tests new highs as the strong rally continues. On January 22 ...