Saturday, September 17, 2011

The ECRI Index Of Leading Economic Indicators Plunges Even Farther Into Negative Territory

"The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) growth indicator of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) has now dropped further into negative territory after oscillating in a narrow range (1.5 to 2.1) from late June through the first week of August.

Today's update of the publicly available data (through September 9) now puts the decline at -7.1, down from last week's revised -6.6 (previously -6.2). The interim high of 8.0 was set in the week ending April 15.

For a closer look at the movement of this index in recent months, here's a snapshot of the data since 2000..."

at http://www.businessinsider.com/ecri-index-leading-economic-indicators-negative-2011-9?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+clusterstock+%28ClusterStock%29#ixzz1YErF5WYj