Conference Board's index of leading indicators rises in March
An index of leading economic indicators rose in March, good news for an economy still struggling with unemployment at 9.7 percent.
According to the Conference Board, a private group that provides research to businesses, its index of leading economy indicators rose 1.4 percent last month. This follows a revised number that showed a 0.4 percent increase in February, up from 0.1 percent.
The March numbers beat expectations. Forecasters said the leading indicators index for March would come in at 0.9 percent.
Follow me on Twitter at @theticker.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=12b0a168-44bb-4ca1-89c4-8a3878933796)
By
Frank Ahrens
|
April 19, 2010; 10:20 AM ET
Categories:
The Ticker
| Tags: Conference Board, Economic, Economic indicator, Economy, Indicators and Statistics, Official Statistics, Social Sciences, Unemployment
Save & Share:
Previous: Markets mixed at open following Goldman sell-off
Next: Goldman responds point-by-point to SEC charges
The comments to this entry are closed.
No comments have been posted to this entry.