Leading Economic Indicators Surge, Stocks Break Record High Again

Published Friday, November 24, 2017 at: 7:00 AM EST

The benchmark index of U.S. leading economic indicators surged 1.2% in October, following an anemic 0.1% increase and 0.4% increase in August and September. As the impact of the worst hurricane season in decades dissipated, the U.S. Leading Economic Index, calculated by The Conference Board, shot higher in October. Even at the peak of the last economic expansion, the index of leading indicators did not hit the recent levels, and that was a debt-fueled bubble. In contrast to the last economic cycle that ended with The Great Recession, this expansion is unfolding as the monthly ratio of a household's...

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