LAGGING INDICATORS
lagging indicators: translation
Market indicators showing the general direction of the economy and confirming or denying the trend implied by the leading indicators. Also referred to as concurrent indicators. Chicago Board of Trade glossary
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economic indicators that follow rather than precede the country's overall pace of economic activity. See also: leading indicators and coincident indicators. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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Lagging indicators are economic indicators that follow a change in the economic cycle, reflecting what has already happened in the overall economy. They include such things as labour costs and interest rates. They contrast with leading indicators, which measure economic factors that alter ahead of changes in the overall economic cycle, and coincident indicators, which change at the same time as the overall economic cycle.
► See also Economic Indicators.