Solo ieri leggevo come il Leading Economic Index del Conference Board, che "interpreta i fondi di caffè" dell'economia americana, è salito per il 6° mese di fila.
Insomma il futuro dell'economia a stelle e strisce rimarrebbe positivo.
Conference Board Leading Economic Index: Sixth Consecutive Monthly GainA parte il fatto che le percentuali saranno anche una bella cosa...
...Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for March was released this morning. The index increased 0.3 percent in March to 95.7 (2004 = 100). This was the sixth consecutive month of growth. The Briefing.com consensus had been for 0.2%. ....
ma se guardiamo al valore assoluto dell'Indice siamo ancora ben lontani dai livelli del 2006...
Economic Indicators Rise For Sixth Month, Lag Pre-Recession
...The level posted was 95.7, against the 2004 benchmark of 100.
Based on the eight year comparison, the current state is still worrisome.......
Again, despite the improvements, the numbers need to be taken on a relative basis.
Economic activity is still far behind what it was in 2004, 2005, and 2006.Even at the current rate of improvement it will take well over a year to return to those levels....
Leading Economic Indicators (less Fed Control) Negative
Excluding the components the Fed impacts, the index is negative for the second time in three months, dragged down by the decline in the average work week.
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