Useful english dictionary. 2012.
lagging indicator — ➔ indicator * * * lagging indicator UK US noun [C] (also lagging economic indicator) ► ECONOMICS a measure of economic activity that relates to events or developments in the past, not to changes that have taken place since those events or… … Financial and business terms
Lagging indicator — A lagging indicator is an economic indicator that reacts slowly to economic changes, and therefore has little predictive value. Generally these types of indicators follow an event; they are historical in nature. For example, in a performance… … Wikipedia
Lagging Indicator — 1. A measurable economic factor that changes after the economy has already begun to follow a particular pattern or trend. 2. A technical indicator that trails the price action of an underlying asset, and is used by traders to generate transaction … Investment dictionary
lagging indicator — / lægɪŋ ˌɪndɪkeɪtə/ noun an indicator (such as the gross national product) which shows a change in economic trends later than other indicators (NOTE: The opposite is leading indicator.) … Dictionary of banking and finance
indicator — Used in the context of general equities. technical or fundamental measurement that securities analysts use to forecast the market s direction, such as investment advisory sentiment, volume of stock trading, direction of interest rates, and buying … Financial and business terms
indicator — noun sign showing what sth is like ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, good, reliable, sure ▪ poor, unreliable ▪ Level of education is actually a poor indicator of ability to run a business well … Collocations dictionary
lagging — adj. Lagging is used with these nouns: ↑indicator … Collocations dictionary
Economic indicator — Economics … Wikipedia
economic indicator — Statistic used to determine the state of general economic activity or to predict it in the future. A leading indicator is one that tends to turn up or down before the general economy does (e.g., building permits, common stock prices, and business … Universalium
leading indicator — A change in a measurable economic factor that is evident before the economy starts to follow a specific trend. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * leading indicator leading indicator ➔ indicator * * * leading indicator UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS ► … Financial and business terms
