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

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Apr 24, 2015, 09:30 ET

NEW YORK, April 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Spain increased 0.6 percent in February to 102.8 (2010 = 100), following a 0.3 percent increase in January, and a 0.4 percent increase in December.

At the same time, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for Spain, a measure of current economic activity, increased 0.2 percent in February to 95.0 (2010 = 100), following a 0.1 percent increase in January, and a 0.1 percent increase in December.

The LEI has been increasing since last fall, with widespread strengths among its components. As a result, its six-month change has improved considerably. Meanwhile, the CEI continues to increase moderately, and its six-month growth rate remains steady. Taken together, the recent behavior of the composite indexes suggests that economic activity will continue advancing, and the pace of growth may even pick up slightly 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 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

About The Conference Board
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Summary Table of Composite Indexes
	2014		2015				6-month
	Dec		Jan		Feb		Aug to Feb

Leading Economic Index (LEI)	101.9	r	102.2	r	102.8
Percent Change	0.4	r	0.3		0.6		2.2
Diffusion	50.0		66.7		83.3		100.0

Coincident Economic Index (CEI)	94.7	p	94.8	p	95.0	p
Percent Change	0.1	p	0.1	p	0.2	p	1.3	p
Diffusion	60.0		50.0		80.0		60.0

n.a. Not available p Preliminary r Revised
Indexes equal 100 in 2010
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