US April Leading Index: Uptrend continues - Wells Fargo
|Today the Leading Economic Index (LEI) was released and showed a gain of 0.3% in April. According to analysts from Wells Fargo, strength in the interest rate spread and initial jobless claims components helped boost the index.
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“The LEI increased 0.3 percent in April, its eighth consecutive month recording a gain. Six of the components added to the topline figure, while two subtracted from it. Stock prices, which had positively added to the topline figure for the previous 5 months, subtracted 0.01 percentage points from the index.”
“The initial jobless claims component added 0.10 percentage points to the index while manufacturing hours worked contributed another 0.07 percentage points. This reverses last month’s report in which these two components were the only items that subtracted from the headline figure.”
“The interest rate spread component was, once again, the largest contributor to the index in April, adding 0.16 percentage points.
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