Economy
Leading indicators try to predict the future and fail
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
Economists love looking at manufacturing orders and building permits to pretend they have a crystal ball. Leading indicators are metrics that supposedly shift before the rest of the market does, offering a glimpse into tomorrow. In reality, they are famously unreliable and have predicted many downturns that absolutely never even happened.
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