领先指标的中文解释

领先指标衡量那些先于整体经济周期而动的经济因素,可作预测经济整体产出及活动水平之用. 领先指标包括股价指数、资本财订单、房屋建筑订单以及消费者信心指数等. 相对的,滞后指标反映宏观经济已经发生的变化,其走势落后于整体经济周期,而同步指标理论上则与经济周期同步而动.

Leading Indicators的英文解释

Leading indicators are measurements of economic factors that change ahead of changes in the overall economic cycle. They are used to predict changes in overall output and activity in an economy and include such things as share prices, new orders for investment goods, housing construction orders and the index of consumer confidence. Lagging indicators are economic indicators that follow a change in the economic cycle and coincident indicators change at the same time as the overall economic cycle.

• output [´autput]   n.产品；产品；计算结果   (初中英语单词)
• economy [i´kɔnəmi]   n.经济；机制；组织   (初中英语单词)
• investment [in´vestmənt]   n.投资；(时间等)投入   (初中英语单词)
• construction [kən´strʌkʃən]   n.建设；修建；结构   (初中英语单词)
• predict [pri´dikt]   v.预言；预告；预示   (高中英语单词)
• consumer [kən´sju:mə]   n.消费者；用户   (高中英语单词)