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Chen Zhao, the head of economics research at Redfin, said new home sales - which are based on contract signings, rather than completed sales - might be an early indicator of reaction to lower mortgage rates.

Not all pediatricians were familiar with the earliest indicators or used the same criteria to determine whether a child should be further evaluated.

And success in this format has been a reliable indicator of overall outcomes in recent times.

Last weekend, the film won the Toronto People's Choice Award, usually an indicator of Oscars success.

One quivers at the thought of who the right’s war on free expression will claim next, but if Russia’s post-“Kukly” landscape is an indicator, the hit list may include good humor itself.