barometer
Example Sentences
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A barometer of service-oriented companies that employ most Americans also turned positive in December for the first time in seven months.
From MarketWatch
That’s because Fed officials have signaled that the unemployment rate is a good barometer of labor conditions, amid the noise in the data from the government shutdown and slipping labor supply.
From Barron's
And later this month, investors will turn to the “January barometer,” another indicator built around the idea that market strength or weakness early in the year can carry forward.
From MarketWatch
And we shouldn’t forget the so-called January barometer, according to which the stock market’s direction over the full month of January predicts its direction for the subsequent year.
From MarketWatch
The Journal reporters note one striking barometer of the current desire to do deals:
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