Term: leading indicator: one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: enosis: the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: bolide: an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: scrawniness: the property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: chantry: a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: erysimum: large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: racer: a fast car that competes in races
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: taxpayer: someone who pays taxes
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: redheaded woodpecker: black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: holy roman empire: a political entity in Europe that began with the papal coronation of Otto I as the first emperor in 962 and lasted until 1806 when it was dissolved by Napoleon
Broader: index: a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time | Unrelated: beachwear: clothing to be worn at a beach