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Economic Data Brief |
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Business activity
Leading Economic Index — August 2026
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| Leading Economic Index fell 0.1% in August 2026 to 99.5, +0.9% from a year ago. Prior month: 99.6. | |
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LEI
99.5
▼ −0.1% m/m
· +0.9% y/y
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CEI
114.9
▲ +0.1% m/m
· −0.1% y/y
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Lagging
120.6
▲ +0.2% m/m
· +0.9% y/y
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Revision check| Revision check clear. Prior periods were checked against the values in the last report — no revisions found. All changes below are computed on current-vintage data. |
Key figures| Headline → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % | 12-period trend |
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| Leading Economic Index 2016=100 | 99.5 | 99.6 | ▼ −0.1 | ▼ −0.1% | ▲ +0.9 | ▲ +0.9% | | | Coincident Economic Index | 114.9 | 114.8 | ▲ +0.1 | ▲ +0.1% | ▼ −0.1 | ▼ −0.1% | | | Lagging Economic Index | 120.6 | 120.4 | ▲ +0.2 | ▲ +0.2% | ▲ +1.1 | ▲ +0.9% | | | Trend bars show the level over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted. |
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Economic Impact Group, LLC
Economic research for developing communities
Prepared 2026-09-21 15:05 UTC. Green marks an
increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.
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