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Economic Data Brief |
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Business activity
Leading Economic Index — July 2026
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| Leading Economic Index rose 0.2% in July 2026 to 99.5, −1.1% from a year ago. Prior month: 99.3. | |
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LEI
99.5
▲ +0.2% m/m
· −1.1% y/y
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CEI
114.8
▲ +0.2% m/m
· +0.5% y/y
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Lagging
120.4
▲ +0.2% m/m
· +1.2% 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 → | July 2026 | June 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 | 99.3 | ▲ +0.2 | ▲ +0.2% | ▼ −1.1 | ▼ −1.1% | | | Coincident Economic Index | 114.8 | 114.6 | ▲ +0.2 | ▲ +0.2% | ▲ +0.6 | ▲ +0.5% | | | Lagging Economic Index | 120.4 | 120.1 | ▲ +0.3 | ▲ +0.2% | ▲ +1.4 | ▲ +1.2% | | | Trend bars show year-over-year % change for index series, the level for rates and survey indexes over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted. |
What stood out- Leading Economic Index: down 1.1% from a year ago — the shallowest year-over-year decline since July 2022.
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Economic Impact Group, LLC
Economic research for developing communities
Prepared 2026-09-16 15:04 UTC. Green marks an
increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.
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