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More evidence that the U.S. economy is on a GDP growth track: the Index of Leading Economic Indicators jumped 1.0 percent in September, The Conference Board announced Thursday -- its sixth straight monthly increase. Except for average workweek and building permits, all of the leading indicators...

The green shoots are growing stronger, benefiting from that strong summer sunshine. The Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.6 percent in July -- its fourth straight monthly increase, the Conference Board announced Thursday. The Board reported that composite indexes suggest the U.S....

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has talked about seeing "green shoots," in the U.S. economy. Well, those green shoots may end up not sprouting until late summer, if a key economic barometer is accurate. The Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell 0.3 percent in March, The Conference Board announced...

Two key indicators released Thursday continue to confirm a U.S. economy in the midst of a pronounced recession -- the nation's worst contraction in decades. The Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell -0.4 percent in February on declines in employment and industrial production, The Conference...

O.K. so it's not as important (or life-impacting) as an announcement of, for example, a breakthrough energy technology, but in this market and economy, investors will take it. The Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.4% in January -- the index's second consecutive monthly increase --...