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Leading indicators provide early signals of turning points (peaks & troughs) between expansions and slow downs in economic activity. Tendency surveys provide qualitative information from business and consumers on their assessment of the current (and immediate future) economic or financial situation.

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Composite Leading Indicators signal continued slowdown in OECD area

10-Oct-2008

OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for August 2008 indicate a continued weakening outlook for all the major seven economies. The latest data for major non-OECD member economies tentatively point to expansion in Brazil, a downturn in China and Russia and a slowdown in India.
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Statistics Brief N. 14, Feb. 2008

Predicting the Business Cycle: How good are early estimates of OECD Composite Leading Indicators?

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This is a practical manual on the design and implementation of business tendency surveys, on the interpretation of the results from such surveys and on their use for economic analysis and forecasting.

Business Tendency Surveys: A Handbook

The aim of the "OECD - CIRET Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis" is the exchange of knowledge and information on the theory and operation of business and economic cycle research, including both measurement and analytical aspects.

www.oecd.org/std/jbcma