barometer

Higher energy prices quickly reverberated through markets, stoking a selloff in government bonds that sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury note—a barometer for borrowing costs—to the highest level of Trump’s second term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The cost of goods minus food and energy, another critical inflation barometer, fell for the second month in a row in another bit of good news.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

In an alternate universe, the Sparks’ win over Chicago on Friday could have been a barometer to indicate whether general manager Raegan Pebley’s gamble to trade Rickea Jackson to the Sky paid off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Superfans spend around 66% more on live shows than the average fan, the analysts said, and have become a barometer for music-industry trends.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

She asked for a barometer and an anemometer and a rain gauge for Christmas, and hung them outside her bedroom window.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Both are considered barometers for the economy’s health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

And besides that, with their hard-fought Final Four victories Friday over Texas and Connecticut, respectively, barometers for other programs that dream of ascending to such elite heights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026

And special elections, while useful metrics, are far from perfect barometers of public opinion.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

More recent employment barometers, meanwhile, suggest companies are not hiring many people.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025

Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong