LAGGING INDICATOR
A measurable economic and financial-market gauge that tend to change after an economic shift or following a particular pattern or trend. Traders use this indicator to draw transaction signals or validate the strength of a trend. It confirms long-trends but don’t predict it. Unemployment rate, outstanding consumer loans and business loans, business spending and profits, book value of business inventories, unit labor costs, and consumer price index (CPI) are some of the major lagging indicators.
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Economic system in which the state or government make economic decisions. It aims to regulate what is produced and how resources are used and distr ...
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A nation with a cumulative balance of payments deficit. A debtor nation has negative net investment after recording all of the financial transactio ...
Fool In The Shower
The notion that policies designed to change the economy’s course should be done slowly, instead of all at once. The phrase is attributed to N ...
Discounted Cash Flow - DCF
A valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of an investment opportunity. Discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis uses future free cash flow ...
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ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Apr | |
| 08:00 | Wholesale Price Index | May | |
| 08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | May | |
| 09:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | May | |
| 10:00 | Trade Balance | Apr | |
| 11:00 | Current Account (sa) | Apr | |
| 11:00 | Industrial Production | Apr | |
| 14:15 | Housing Starts | May | |
| 14:30 | NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index | Jun |
