index of leading indicator

基本解释

Index of real estate becomes leading indicator of national economy.
房地产指数成为了宏观经济的先行指标。
The most worrisome statistic this week was the Empire State Manufacturing index– which was down from a minus 3.76 to a minus 7.7– a leading indicator of recession in the past.
本周最引人担忧的数据是帝国州制造业指数（Empire State Manufacturing index）——一项常用于预判衰退发生的领先指标——从-3.67降到了-7.7。
This year, the Leading Group Office of Hunan's County Economy further improved the assessment index system, in which GDP will not be a restrictive assessment indicator any longer.
省县域经济工作领导小组办公室今年进一步完善了县域经济发展考核指标体系，不再将GDP总量作为约束性的考核指标。

The 1996-97 data indicates that the index is more of a trailing indicator than a leading indicator--consumers get confident after things get good, not before.
FORBES: Stocks Conned By Confidence
Whereas big swings in oil prices usually reflect supply shocks, and precious metals are often seen as a safe haven in times of crisis, The Economist's commodity price index (which excludes oil and precious metals) has traditionally been a fairly good leading indicator of turning-points in global industrial output.
ECONOMIST: The prices of most raw materials have been surging