The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(R) for Brazil, Together with Fundação Getulio Vargas (TCB/FGV Brazil LEI), Declined

PR Newswire

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2017

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(R) for Brazil, together with Fundação Getulio Vargas (TCB/FGV Brazil LEI), declined 1.7 percent in December 2016 to 101.2 (2010=100).

The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index(R) for Brazil, together with Fundação Getulio Vargas (TCB/FGV Brazil CEI), increased 0.3 percent in December 2016 to 97.8 (2010=100).

The composite economic indexes are the key elements in an analytic system designed to signal peaks and troughs in the business cycle. The leading and coincident economic indexes are essentially composite averages of several individual leading or coincident indicators. They are constructed to summarize and reveal common turning point patterns in economic data in a clearer and more convincing manner than any individual component -- primarily because they smooth out some of the volatility of individual components.

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January 18, 2017 10:15 ET (15:15 GMT)