indicator
Definition
Data which provide information about or predict the overall health of the economy or the financial markets; examples are inflation, interest rates, employment, volume, and insider trading.
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economic indicator, bellwether, confidence indicator, Dow Jones Industrial Average, elves, coincident indicator, Federal funds rate, momentum indicator, monetary indicator, overbought/oversold indicator, short interest, technical indicator
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