As a result, changes in aggregate search trends for unemployment-related terms is a leading indicator of changes ... not to place too much weight on the chart above without the chart below.

After all, one data set does not make a trend. Here is a chart of a few leading indicators and their lagging counterparts. Recessions, or period of broad-ranging economic decline, typically last ...

The U.S. Leading Indicator Index dipped 0.3% to 101.1 in February, slightly steeper than the -0.2% consensus and -0.2% prior (revised from -0.3%), according to data The Conference Board released ...

Leading indicators are sets of data that can be useful in predicting the future state of the economy. In other words, they are forward-looking and may signal a shift in some part of the economy ...