Economists, analysts, policymakers and investors take the economy’s temperature by examining regularly released data sets called economic indicators. There are all kinds of economic indicators — some ...

I’ve seen a lot of organizations create strategies, programs, and projects focused on optimizing operations, streamlining processes, and driving innovation. Leadership teams put lots of energy coming ...

Technical indicators computed from market observables can provide forex market analysts and traders with a useful way to generate objective trading signals. Technical analysts have also long known ...

Kayvan Kian is the author of What Is Water? and a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company, where he founded the Young Leaders Forum. When you ask someone how their business is doing, certain people might ...

With heightened economic uncertainty, we are noticing an increased interest in economic data as it’s reported. Market pundits are hanging on each new data point and related utterance from the U.S.

Economists employ the use of “indicators” to predict what might happen and to determine what caused past events to occur. “Leading indicators” signal future results or the trends related to a result. ...

Are you using your leading and lagging indicators effectively? Combining both types of indicators can give you a comprehensive view of your program’s performance and help you achieve your ...

It has been while since I published a macro piece, too long. I have not abandoned analyzing the overall economy and forming macro views. There just has been so much happening on the individual stock ...

If the Fed wants to rebuild its credibility, it must once again balance data with judgment and start listening to the people ...

There seems to be a widespread view that employment is a lagging indicator of changes in the business cycle. The growth rate of payroll employment slowed sharply in the 6 months before the onset of ...

A recession is a slowdown in the economy and includes higher unemployment rates. Companies lay off workers to survive an economic downturn until sales will reliably grow again, and tech companies are ...