December's Leading Indicators Point To Stronger Recovery
Source: The Atlantic | January 20, 2011
After showing significant improvement in November, the Conference Board's Leading Economic Index (LEI) continued to rise at a similar pace in December. The index has now increased for six months straight, and at a faster pace over the past two months than was seen last fall. The components responsible for the index's rise in December also provide some reason for optimism, implying that the recovery will be much stronger going into 2011 than it was through much of 2010. Some important components of this index also contributed to its strong performance last month. The biggest contribution was from additional housing permits, which implies that the home building activity could be improving. This is a little surprising, as permits were one of the few components to decline in November. The second biggest contributor to December's improvement was interest rates, which continue to remain conducive to expansion. [Read this article]
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