U.S. Oct leading indicators rise 0.4 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | November 20, 2003

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U.S. Oct leading indicators rise 0.4 pct Thursday November 20, 10:05 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Conference Board index
of leading, coincident and lagging indicators (1996=100) and
percent changes from previous months, seasonally adjusted.
 Indicators: Index    Oct  Sept  (Prev)  Aug  (Prev)
  Leading    113.6    0.4  unch   -0.2   0.4    0.4
  Coincident 116.0    0.2   0.2    0.1  unch   unch
  Lagging     97.5    0.2  -0.6   -0.5  -0.1   unch
 Following are components of the index of leading indicators
with net contributions to monthly changes.
                       Oct   Sept  (Prev)   Aug  (Prev)
 Average Workweek        0.00   0.14   0.10   0.05   0.05
 Initial Jobless Claims  0.17  -0.01  -0.01  -0.03  -0.03
 Consumer Goods Orders  -0.01   0.06   0.03  -0.11  -0.15
 Slower Deliveries       0.08  -0.05  -0.05   0.12   0.12
 Capital Goods Orders   -0.03   0.06   0.01  -0.02  -0.03
 Building Permits        0.10  -0.03  -0.04   0.11   0.11
 Stock Prices            0.06   0.09   0.09  -0.01  -0.01
 Money Supply           -0.15  -0.17  -0.17   0.12   0.11
 Treasury Yield Curve    0.01  -0.05  -0.05   0.15   0.15
 Consumer Expectations   0.05  -0.04  -0.04  -0.03  -0.03
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
 U.S. Oct leading indicators +0.2 pct

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