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06 Dec. 2019 »	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for South Korea Increased The Index increased to 103.5
06 Dec. 2019 »	Strong Jobs Report Bodes Well for Solid Holiday Spending and Start to 2020 Comment on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Report Gad Levanon, Head of the Labor Market Institute, The Conference Board
04 Dec. 2019 »	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the Global Economy Increased The Index rose to 116.6
26 Nov. 2019 »	The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Declined Slightly in November The Index now stands at 125.5 (1985=100), down from 126.1 in October.
25 Nov. 2019 »	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for China Increased The Index increased to 155.6
22 Nov. 2019 »	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for France Increased The Index rose to 104.5
21 Nov. 2019 »	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Declined Slightly The US LEI declined for a third consecutive month, and its six-month growth rate turned negative for the first time since May 2016.
20 Nov. 2019 »	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for India Increased The Index increased to 117.2
20 Nov. 2019 »	Report: Number of Women CEOs Declines, and Personal Misconduct Leads to Record CEO Firings Despite growing calls for gender diversity, the number of women CEOs in the S&P 500 dropped by nearly 20 percent in 2018.
18 Nov. 2019 »	The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for Australia Increased The Index rose to 107.7

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

U.S.A

Consumer Confidence - 0.6 pts

Employment Trends Index - 0.68 %

Help Wanted OnLine - 2.9 %

Leading Economic Index - 0.1 %

CEO Confidence - 9.0 pts

GLOBAL

Leading Economic Index for:

Australia 0.2%

Brazil 0.1%

China 1.3%

Euro Area 0.4%

France 0.2%

Germany 0.2%

Global 0.1%

India 0.8%

Japan 0.1%

Korea 0.6%

Mexico 0.0%

Spain 0.1%

U.K. 0.4%

U.S. 0.1%

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Productivity:

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Global Economic Outlook:

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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 266,000 in November, and the numbers for September and October were revised up. While today’s gain was inflated by the return of the GM strikers to work, the job gain was still much stronger than expected. Today’s job report, more than any other report in recent months, squashed any lingering concerns about an imminent recession in the US economy. Employment growth also shows no signs of slowing further despite the historically low unemployment rate.

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