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LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATOR: One of eleven economic statistics that tend to move up or down a few months before the expansions and contractions of the business cycle. These leading indicators are -- manufacturers new orders, an index of vendor performance, orders for plant and equipment, Standard & Poor's 500 index of stock prices, new building permits, durable goods manufacturers unfilled orders, the money supply, change in materials prices, average workweek in manufacturing, changes in business and consumer credit, a consumer confidence index, and initial claims for unemployment insurance. Leading indicators indicate what the aggregate economy is likely to do, business-cycle-wise, 3 to 12 months down the road. When leading indicators rise today, then the rest of the economy is likely to rise in the coming year. And when leading indicators decline, then the economy is likely to decline in 3 to 12 months.
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CONSUMPTION SCHEDULE A table or chart that represents the relation between household sector consumption and income. A consumption schedule is commonly used for a basic, instructional presentation of aggregate consumption activity by the household sector and is also used as a source of numbers for deriving the consumption line. The key measures derived from the consumption-income relation in the schedule are average propensity to consume and marginal propensity to consume. The saving schedule is comparable table for the relation between saving and income.
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Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
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"Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount." -- Claire Boothe Luce, diplomat, writer
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National Assocation of Securities Dealers Automated Quote System
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