The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain Declined in June

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Aug 16, 2011, 04:00 ET

NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain declined 0.2 percent in June to 106.9 (2004 = 100), following no change in May, and a 0.2 percent decrease in April.

At the same time, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for Spain, a measure of current economic activity decreased 0.1 percent in June, to 100.9 (2004 = 100), following a 0.1 percent decrease in May and a 0.1 percent decrease in April.

The Conference Board LEI for Spain declined in June, amid widespread weaknesses among its components. The index has been falling gradually since the second half of 2009 while its six-month annualized growth rate has been fluctuating in a range of 0.0 to -3.0 percent since 2010. Meanwhile, The Conference Board CEI for Spain declined again in June; the index has been largely flat this year after dropping sharply in the middle of 2010. Taken together, the recent behavior of the composite indexes and their components suggests that economic activity will likely remain weak in the near term.

About The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain

The composite economic indexes are the key elements in an analytic system designed to signal peaks and troughs in the business cycle. The leading and coincident economic indexes are essentially composite averages of several individual leading or coincident indicators. They are constructed to summarize and reveal common turning point patterns in economic data in a clearer and more convincing manner than any individual component – primarily because they smooth out some of the volatility of individual components.

The six components of The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for Spain include:

Capital Equipment Component of Industrial Production

Contribution to Euro M2

Stock Price Index

Long term Government Bond Yield

Order Books Survey

Job Placings

For more information including full press release and technical notes:

http://www.conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=9

For more information about The Conference Board global business cycle indicators: http://www.conference-board.org/data/bci.cfm

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Summary Table of Composite Indexes
	2011			6-month
	Apr	May	Jun	Dec to Jun
Leading Economic Index (LEI)	107.1	107.1	106.9
Percent Change	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.3
Diffusion	33.3	41.7	33.3	50.0

Coincident Economic Index (CEI)	101.1 p	101.0 p	100.9 p
Percent Change	-0.1 p	-0.1 p	-0.1 p	-0.2 p
Diffusion	40.0	40.0	40.0	40.0
n.a. Not available p Preliminary r Revised
Indexes equal 100 in 2004
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