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

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Nov 14, 2014, 04:00 ET

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain increased 0.1 percent in September to 107.4 (2004 = 100), following a 0.2 percent decrease in August, and a 0.3 percent increase in July.

At the same time, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for Spain, a measure of current economic activity, increased 0.2 percent in September to 95.4 (2004 = 100), following a 0.1 percent increase in August, and a 0.2 percent increase in July.

The Conference Board LEI for Spain edged up in September, and its six-month growth was relatively unchanged compared to the previous six months. Meanwhile, the CEI continued to increase moderately, and its six-month growth rate remains the same as six months ago. Taken together, the recent behavior of the composite indexes suggests that the current economic recovery will likely continue into early 2015.

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 Vacancies

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

	2014			6-month
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Mar to Sep

Leading Economic Index (LEI)	107.5 r	107.3 r	107.4
Percent Change	0.3 r	-0.2	0.1	1.1
Diffusion	41.7	50.0	83.3	66.7

Coincident Economic Index (CEI)	95.1 p	95.2 p	95.4 p
Percent Change	0.2 p	0.1 p	0.2 p	1.2 p
Diffusion	80.0	60.0	70.0	70.0

n.a. Not available p Preliminary r Revised
Indexes equal 100 in 2004
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