The Stock Price Index and Contracts and Orders for Nondefense

question 75

Multiple Choice

The stock price index and contracts and orders for nondefense capital goods are ________.

• A) leading economic indicators
• B) coincidental economic indicators
• C) lagging economic indicators
• D) leading and coincidental indicators, respectively

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