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Composite Leading Indicators continue to show signs of improvement in most OECD economies

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10/07/2009 - OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for May 2009 point to tangible signs of improvement in the outlook of most OECD economies. Potential recovery signals are emerging in Italy and France, with indications of troughs emerging in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, China and India. The trough signals are more tentative in Russia. etc.

• Link to historical data, graphs and methodological information 
• FAQs     
• Glossary of Composite Leading Indicators
• OECD Business Cycle Analisys Database

The methodology used, starting from December 2008, to compile OECD CLIs and reference series trend is described in the document: "OECD system of Composite Leading Indicators". Up to December 2008, the methodology used by the OECD is described in "OECD Composite Leading indicators: a tool for short-term analysis".

The next publication of the OECD's CLI will be on 7 August 2009. 

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