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Leading Indicators for the Service Sector

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Layton, Allan P
Moore, Geoffrey H
Abstract

Since the service sector currently accounts for a large and growing share of U.S. economic activity, we have undertaken to develop indicators that throw light on its current status and future prospects. A composite coincident index of aggregate economic activity in the service sector is constructed, and a growth-cycle chronology is identified based on growth rates in this index and in its components. Then several macroeconomic leading indicators of service are identified, and from them a composite leading index is constructed. The growth rate in this index is found to give advance warnings of major swings in the growth of the service sector.

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Article provided by American Statistical Association in its journal Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.

Volume (Year): 7 (1989)
Issue (Month): 3 (July)
Pages: 379-86
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