The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Germany Increased Slightly

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NOTE: Next month's data release will incorporate annual benchmark revisions to the composite economic indexes, which bring them up-to-date with revisions in the source data. These revisions do not change the cyclical properties of the indexes. The indexes are updated throughout the year, but only for the previous six months. Data revisions that fall outside of the moving six-month window are not incorporated until the benchmark revision is made and the entire histories of the indexes are recomputed. As a result, the revised indexes, in levels and month-on-month changes, will not be directly comparable to those issued prior to the benchmark revision.

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The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Germany increased 0.2 percent in October to 108.0 (2010 = 100), following a 0.4 percent decline in September, and a 0.4 percent decline in August.

At the same time, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for Germany, a measure of current economic activity, increased 0.1 percent in October to 105.9 (2010 = 100), following 0.1 percent decline in September, and no change in August.

Despite the small increase in October, the LEI has declined in four out of the last six months and, as a result, its six-month growth rate remains negative. Meanwhile, the CEI has increased modestly over the same time period and its six-month growth has slowed. Taken together, the composite indexes suggest that the pace of economic activity is unlikely to accelerate going into 2016.

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

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 seven components of The Conference Board Leading Economic Index^® for Germany include:

New Orders, Investment Goods  
Yield Spread cumulated, 10 year minus 3 month  
Change in Inventories  
Gross Enterprise and Property Income  
Stock Prices  
New Orders, Residential Construction  
Consumer Confidence Index

About The Conference Board

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