OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLI)

Rank: 8th.

What Is It: A tool to forecast business activity in the world's largest economies.

News Release on Internet: www.oecd.org/std/cli

Home Web Address: www.oecd.org

Release Time: Noon (Continental time); data is released on the Friday of the first full week of the month and refers to activity two months earlier. (For example, January's release reports leading indicators for November.)

Frequency: Monthly.

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Revisions: The previous month's data is frequently revised with each new release.

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