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Profit is a lagging indicator since it reflects business activity that was completed in the past.
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Lagging indicator — A lagging indicator is an economic indicator that reacts slowly to economic changes, and therefore has little predictive value. Generally these types of indicators follow an event; they are historical in nature. For example, in a performance… … Wikipedia
Lagging Indicator — 1. A measurable economic factor that changes after the economy has already begun to follow a particular pattern or trend. 2. A technical indicator that trails the price action of an underlying asset, and is used by traders to generate transaction … Investment dictionary
lagging indicator — / lægɪŋ ˌɪndɪkeɪtə/ noun an indicator (such as the gross national product) which shows a change in economic trends later than other indicators (NOTE: The opposite is leading indicator.) … Dictionary of banking and finance
lagging indicator — noun : an economic indicator (as spending on new plants and equipment) that more often than not maintains an existent trend for some time after the state of the economy has turned onto an opposite trend called also lagger … Useful english dictionary
indicator — Used in the context of general equities. technical or fundamental measurement that securities analysts use to forecast the market s direction, such as investment advisory sentiment, volume of stock trading, direction of interest rates, and buying … Financial and business terms
indicator — noun sign showing what sth is like ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, good, reliable, sure ▪ poor, unreliable ▪ Level of education is actually a poor indicator of ability to run a business well … Collocations dictionary
lagging — adj. Lagging is used with these nouns: ↑indicator … Collocations dictionary
Economic indicator — Economics … Wikipedia
economic indicator — Statistic used to determine the state of general economic activity or to predict it in the future. A leading indicator is one that tends to turn up or down before the general economy does (e.g., building permits, common stock prices, and business … Universalium
leading indicator — A change in a measurable economic factor that is evident before the economy starts to follow a specific trend. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * leading indicator leading indicator ➔ indicator * * * leading indicator UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS ► … Financial and business terms
