By Andrew Moran U.S. stocks rallied on May 12 after the United States and China agreed to temporary tariff reductions. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average soared by 1,160 points, or 2.8 percent. The index has erased most of 2025’s losses and is down by less than 1 percent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index is […]
Tag: Leading Economic Index (LEI)
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index is an American economic leading indicator intended to forecast future economic activity. It is calculated by The Conference Board, a non-governmental organization, which determines the value of the index from the values of ten key variables.