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2019
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. was Unchanged in January (Release Date: 04 Mar. 2019)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined Slightly in January (Release Date: 21 Feb. 2019)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined (Release Date: 24 Jan. 2019)
2018
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Slightly in November (Release Date: 20 Dec. 2018)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in October (Release Date: 21 Nov. 2018)
October	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in September (Release Date: 18 Oct. 2018)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in August (Release Date: 20 Sep. 2018)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in July (Release Date: 17 Aug. 2018)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in June (Release Date: 19 Jul. 2018)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in May (Release Date: 21 Jun. 2018)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in April (Release Date: 17 May. 2018)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in March (Release Date: 19 Apr. 2018)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in February (Release Date: 22 Mar. 2018)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in January (Release Date: 22 Feb. 2018)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in December (Release Date: 25 Jan. 2018)
2017
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 21 Dec. 2017)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 20 Nov. 2017)
October	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined (Release Date: 19 Oct. 2017)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 21 Sep. 2017)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 17 Aug. 2017)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 20 Jul. 2017)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 22 Jun. 2017)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 18 May. 2017)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 20 Apr. 2017)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 17 Mar. 2017)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 17 Feb. 2017)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 26 Jan. 2017)
2016
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Remains Flat in November (Release Date: 22 Dec. 2016)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 18 Nov. 2016)
October	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 20 Oct. 2016)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined (Release Date: 22 Sep. 2016)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 18 Aug. 2016)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 21 Jul. 2016)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined (Release Date: 23 Jun. 2016)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Released Today (Release Date: 19 May. 2016)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 21 Apr. 2016)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Slightly (Release Date: 17 Mar. 2016)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined (Release Date: 18 Feb. 2016)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined in December (Release Date: 22 Jan. 2016)
2015
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 17 Dec. 2015)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Sharply in October (Release Date: 19 Nov. 2015)
October	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined Slightly (Release Date: 22 Oct. 2015)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Slightly (Release Date: 18 Sep. 2015)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined Slightly (Release Date: 20 Aug. 2015)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 23 Jul. 2015)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 18 Jun. 2015)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 21 May. 2015)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 17 Apr. 2015)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 19 Mar. 2015)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 19 Feb. 2015)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 23 Jan. 2015)
2014
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 18 Dec. 2014)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased Again (Release Date: 20 Nov. 2014)
October	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in September (Release Date: 23 Oct. 2014)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in August (Release Date: 19 Sep. 2014)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in July (Release Date: 21 Aug. 2014)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 18 Jul. 2014)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in May (Release Date: 19 Jun. 2014)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased in April (Release Date: 22 May. 2014)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increased in March (Release Date: 21 Apr. 2014)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 20 Mar. 2014)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased in January (Release Date: 20 Feb. 2014)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 23 Jan. 2014)
2013
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 19 Dec. 2013)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased (Release Date: 27 Nov. 2013)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increased in September (Release Date: 06 Nov. 2013)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 19 Sep. 2013)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 22 Aug. 2013)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Remains Unchanged (Release Date: 18 Jul. 2013)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 20 Jun. 2013)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Improves (Release Date: 17 May. 2013)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Declines Slightly (Release Date: 18 Apr. 2013)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 21 Mar. 2013)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 21 Feb. 2013)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 24 Jan. 2013)
2012
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Declines (Release Date: 20 Dec. 2012)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 21 Nov. 2012)
October	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 18 Oct. 2012)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Declines Slightly (Release Date: 20 Sep. 2012)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 17 Aug. 2012)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the U.S. Declines (Release Date: 19 Jul. 2012)
June	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 21 Jun. 2012)
May	US LEI Dips Slightly (Release Date: 17 May. 2012)
April	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 19 Apr. 2012)
March	LEI for U.S. Increases (Release Date: 22 Mar. 2012)
February	LEI for U.S. Increases Again (Release Date: 17 Feb. 2012)
January	LEI for U.S. Increases (Release Date: 26 Jan. 2012)
2011
December	US LEI Increases Again in November (Release Date: 22 Dec. 2011)
November	U.S. LEI Rises Sharply (Release Date: 18 Nov. 2011)
October	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 20 Oct. 2011)
September	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 22 Sep. 2011)
August	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 18 Aug. 2011)
July	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 21 Jul. 2011)
June	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 17 Jun. 2011)
May	US LEI Declines (Release Date: 19 May. 2011)
April	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 21 Apr. 2011)
March	U.S. LEI Increases Again (Release Date: 17 Mar. 2011)
February	US LEI Edges Up (Release Date: 17 Feb. 2011)
January	The U.S. LEI Increases Sharply Again (Release Date: 20 Jan. 2011)
2010
December	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 17 Dec. 2010)
November	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 18 Nov. 2010)
October	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 21 Oct. 2010)
September	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 23 Sep. 2010)
August	US LEI Increases (Release Date: 19 Aug. 2010)
July	The Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declines (Release Date: 22 Jul. 2010)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 17 Jun. 2010)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Dips (Release Date: 20 May. 2010)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 19 Apr. 2010)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 18 Mar. 2010)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Increases (Release Date: 18 Feb. 2010)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Increases Again (Release Date: 21 Jan. 2010)
2009
December	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Increases Again (Release Date: 17 Dec. 2009)
November	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Increases Again (Release Date: 19 Nov. 2009)
October	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Improves Again (Release Date: 22 Oct. 2009)
September	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Improves Again (Release Date: 21 Sep. 2009)
August	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Improves Again (Release Date: 20 Aug. 2009)
July	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Improves Again (Release Date: 20 Jul. 2009)
June	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Improves Again (Release Date: 18 Jun. 2009)
May	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Increased 1.0 Percent (Release Date: 21 May. 2009)
April	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Decreased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 20 Apr. 2009)
March	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Decreased 0.4 Percent (Release Date: 19 Mar. 2009)
February	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. Increased 0.4 Percent (Release Date: 19 Feb. 2009)
January	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the U.S. Increased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 26 Jan. 2009)
2008
December	The Conference Board Announced that the U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.4 Percent (Release Date: 18 Dec. 2008)
November	The Conference Board Announced that the U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.8 Percent (Release Date: 20 Nov. 2008)
October	The Conference Board Announced that the U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 20 Oct. 2008)
September	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.5 Percent (Release Date: 18 Sep. 2008)
August	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.7 Percent (Release Date: 21 Aug. 2008)
July	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.1 Percent (Release Date: 21 Jul. 2008)
June	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Economic Index Increased Slightly (Release Date: 19 Jun. 2008)
May	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Economic Index Edges Up (Release Date: 19 May. 2008)
April	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.1 Percent (Release Date: 17 Apr. 2008)
March	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 20 Mar. 2008)
February	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.1 Percent (Release Date: 21 Feb. 2008)
January	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.2 Percent (Release Date: 18 Jan. 2008)
2007
December	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased Sharply for the Second Consecutive Month (Release Date: 20 Dec. 2007)
November	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.5 Percent (Release Date: 21 Nov. 2007)
October	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 18 Oct. 2007)
September	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.6 Percent (Release Date: 20 Sep. 2007)
August	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.4 Percent (Release Date: 20 Aug. 2007)
July	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 19 Jul. 2007)
June	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 21 Jun. 2007)
May	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.5 Percent (Release Date: 17 May. 2007)
April	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.1 Percent (Release Date: 19 Apr. 2007)
March	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.5 Percent (Release Date: 22 Mar. 2007)
February	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.1 Percent (Release Date: 21 Feb. 2007)
January	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.3 Percent (Release Date: 23 Jan. 2007)
2006
December	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.1 Percent (Release Date: 21 Dec. 2006)
November	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased Again in October (Release Date: 20 Nov. 2006)
October	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased 0.1 Percent (Release Date: 19 Oct. 2006)
September	The The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.2 Percent (Release Date: 21 Sep. 2006)
August	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.1 Percent in July (Release Date: 17 Aug. 2006)
July	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increased Slightly in June (Release Date: 20 Jul. 2006)
June	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.6 Percent in May (Release Date: 22 Jun. 2006)
May	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.1 Percent in April (Release Date: 18 May. 2006)
April	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Decreased Slightly in March (Release Date: 20 Apr. 2006)
March	The U.S. Leading Index Decreased 0.2 Percent in February (Release Date: 20 Mar. 2006)
February	The Conference Board U.S. Leading Index Increases Sharply in January (Release Date: 21 Feb. 2006)
January	The Conference Board U.S. leading index increased 0.1 percent (Release Date: 23 Jan. 2006)
2005
December	The U.S. leading index increases by 0.5 percent. (Release Date: 22 Dec. 2005)
November	U.S. Leading Economic Index Rebounds After the Hurricanes (Release Date: 21 Nov. 2005)
October	U.S. Leading Index Decreases Sharply From the Economic Impact of Hurricanes (Release Date: 20 Oct. 2005)
September	The U.S. Leading Index Decreased Slightly in August, its Second Consecutive Fall. (Release Date: 22 Sep. 2005)
August	The U.S. Leading Index Increases Slightly in July Following a Sharp Increase in June (Release Date: 18 Aug. 2005)
July	The U.S. Leading Index Increases Sharply (Release Date: 21 Jul. 2005)
June	The U.S. Leading Index Decreases in May (Release Date: 20 Jun. 2005)
May	The U.S. Leading Index Decreases in April (Release Date: 19 May. 2005)
April	The US Leading Index Declines in March Following a Small Increase in February (Release Date: 21 Apr. 2005)
March	The U.S. Leading Index Increases in February (Release Date: 17 Mar. 2005)
February	The U.S. Leading Index Decreases in January (Release Date: 17 Feb. 2005)
January	The U.S. Leading Index Increases (Release Date: 20 Jan. 2005)
2004
December	The U.S. Leading Index Increases after a Five Month Decline (Release Date: 20 Dec. 2004)
November	The U.S. Leading Index Decreases for a Fifth Consecutive Month (Release Date: 18 Nov. 2004)
October	The U.S. Leading Index Falls for a Fourth Consecutive Decline (Release Date: 21 Oct. 2004)
September	The U.S. Leading Index Falls Again for the Third Consecutive Month (Release Date: 23 Sep. 2004)
August	The U.S. Leading Index Falls for the Second Consecutive Month (Release Date: 19 Aug. 2004)
July	The U.S. Leading Index Falls Slightly (Release Date: 22 Jul. 2004)
June	The U.S. Leading Index Increases Again (Release Date: 17 Jun. 2004)
May	The U.S. Leading Index Edges Up in April (Release Date: 20 May. 2004)
April	The U.S. Leading Index Turns Upward Again After Last Month's Pause (Release Date: 19 Apr. 2004)
March	The U.S. Leading Index Remains Steady (Release Date: 18 Mar. 2004)
February	U.S. Leading Index Increases Again (Release Date: 19 Feb. 2004)
January	U.S. Leading Index Continues to Grow (Release Date: 22 Jan. 2004)
2003
December	U.S. Leading Economic Index Increases in November (Release Date: 18 Dec. 2003)
November	U.S. Leading Economic Index Increases in October (Release Date: 20 Nov. 2003)
October	U.S. Leading Economic Index Declines in September (Release Date: 20 Oct. 2003)
September	U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Increase Again (Release Date: 18 Sep. 2003)
August	U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Signal Pickup in Rate of Economic Growth (Release Date: 21 Aug. 2003)
July	U.S. Leading Index Increases for Third Consecutive Month (Release Date: 21 Jul. 2003)
June	U.S. Leading Economic Index Rises Sharply (Release Date: 19 Jun. 2003)
May	US leading Index Shows Slight Increase (Release Date: 19 May. 2003)
April	U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Signal Sluggish Growth in the Near Term (Release Date: 21 Apr. 2003)
March	Jitters Send the U.S. Leading Index Lower in February (Release Date: 20 Mar. 2003)
February	U.S. Leading Economic Index Declines 0.1 Percent in January (Release Date: 20 Feb. 2003)
January	U.S. Leading Index Improves for Third Straight Month (Release Date: 23 Jan. 2003)
2002
December	U.S. Leading Index Recovers in November (Release Date: 19 Dec. 2002)
November	U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Hold Steady (Release Date: 21 Nov. 2002)
October	U.S. Leading Index Declines for Fourth Straight Month (Release Date: 21 Oct. 2002)
September	U.S. Leading Index Declines for Third Month (Release Date: 23 Sep. 2002)
August	U.S. Leading Index Declines (Release Date: 19 Aug. 2002)
July	U.S. Leading Index Holds Steady (Release Date: 18 Jul. 2002)

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