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 ...