gauge

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A significantly improved income outlook, alongside a decreasing desire to save and an increasing willingness to buy supported the consumer-confidence gauge, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Both are hard to measure because investors’ identities — and thus the ability to gauge their intentions — are often obscured by corporate registrations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The model builds on the original “Misery Index,” a measure popularized in the late 1970s, which simply added up the inflation rate and the unemployment rate to gauge economic pain for households.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

That gauge surged in the 1970s and early 1980s, when inflation and unemployment levels were both elevated, but Kaeppel said it hasn’t been particularly useful as a stock-market indicator for decades.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

I knew that in the long run, that was about as useful as duct-taping over your car’s fuel gauge so you won’t run out of gas.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick