May 2019 ECRI's WLI Growth Rate Again Declines

ECRI's WLI Growth Index which forecasts economic growth six months forward declined and barely remains in expansion this week.

Analyst Opinion of the trends of the weekly leading indices

In essence, there is little growth forecast six months from today.

Here is this week's update on ECRI's Weekly Leading Index (note - a positive number indicates growth):

Weekly Leading Index Ticks Down

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ECRI's U.S. Weekly Leading Index (WLI) ticked down to 146.7 as its growth rate decreased to 0.2%.

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ECRI has long determined business cycle and growth rate cycle chronologies for 21 countries that can be freely accessed here.

The WLI is one of many ECRI U.S. leading indexes, including some with longer leads over cyclical turning points in economic growth.

Please see links below for public statements ECRI has made about our cyclical outlook:

- BNN Bloomberg TV Interview with ECRI's Achuthan "Industrial Commodities and the Canadian Loonie"

- CNBC TV Interview with ECRI's Achuthan "Market Optimism and the Hard Data"

For a quick glance at the WLI's performance, please see the chart below.

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U.S. Coincident Index:

ECRI produces a monthly coincident index. The February economy's rate of growth (released in March) showed the rate of growth marginally declined.

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U.S. Future Inflation Gauge:

ECRI produces a monthly future inflation index which leads U.S. inflation cycle turning points. The April index (released in May) shows some deflation pressure (positive numbers show inflation pressure).

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