index of leading indicator

基本解释

Index of real estate becomes leading indicator of national economy.
房地産指數成爲了宏觀經濟的先行指標。
The most worrisome statistic this week was the Empire State Manufacturing index– which was down from a minus 3.76 to a minus 7.7– a leading indicator of recession in the past.
本周最引人擔憂的數據是帝國州制造業指數（Empire State Manufacturing index）——一項常用於預判衰退發生的領先指標——從-3.67降到了-7.7。
This year, the Leading Group Office of Hunan's County Economy further improved the assessment index system, in which GDP will not be a restrictive assessment indicator any longer.
省縣域經濟工作領導小組辦公室今年進一步完善了縣域經濟發展考核指標躰系，不再將GDP縂量作爲約束性的考核指標。

The 1996-97 data indicates that the index is more of a trailing indicator than a leading indicator--consumers get confident after things get good, not before.
FORBES: Stocks Conned By Confidence
Whereas big swings in oil prices usually reflect supply shocks, and precious metals are often seen as a safe haven in times of crisis, The Economist's commodity price index (which excludes oil and precious metals) has traditionally been a fairly good leading indicator of turning-points in global industrial output.
ECONOMIST: The prices of most raw materials have been surging