The investing world is awash in economic data. Amid this potential data overload, how does an investor separate truly useful data from the noise? For example, quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) ...

The Leading Economic Index, published by research group The Conference Board, fell 0.3% to 98.3 in September, after a similar ...

One of the top recession indicators flashed a warning signal about 15 months ago, and now, it's getting louder and brighter. Two-year Treasury bonds started to yield more than 10-year T-notes last ...

Financial markets experienced dramatic shifts on a striking Monday that left investors uneasy. An abrupt technological stock downturn set off warning signals in key financial indicators. The ...

GDP measures economic size; CPI and PPI gauge goods costs impacting buying power and production costs. Leading indicators like housing starts predict economic trends, lagging ones like unemployment ...

What is a recession? What are the key indicators of a recession? How do government and central banks respond to recessions? What are the causes of recessions? How can individuals and businesses ...

Online dating traffic, cardboard box production and movie success offer insights into consumer behavior and economic health. The combined occurrence of informal indicators can highlight broader ...

Every day, the market closely watches economic indicators to tell us what may lie ahead. Some of the data comes quarterly, some monthly and some even weekly. Peter C. Earle, a senior economist at the ...