Discover how coincident indicators reflect current economic conditions, their role in analyzing business cycles, and their impact on understanding economic trends.

At The Indicator, we’ve been following the conditions in Venezuela over the years. In 2024 we covered how Venezuela’s economy ...

Leading indicators provide early signals about where the economy is heading. Coincident indicators move in step with the economy, providing real-time insights into economic activity. Examining the ...

The Federal Reserve (FED), under the leadership of Jerome Powell, is poised to make a crucial announcement regarding interest rates for the year's end. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will ...

Fears of a recession are back on investors’ minds. But predicting the onset of an economic downturn, let alone the length and severity of one, is difficult even for the experts. As a rule of thumb, ...

In lieu of official economic data (thanks, government shutdown), we have the Chipotle (CMG) economic indicator. And if it's to be believed on an initial pass, we are either in a mild recession or ...