TOP 30 LEADING INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Exports and imports Imports of raw materials Export of manufactured goods Retail sales Real estate prices Construction spending Financial market turmoilFood price index Energy price indexYield curve inversion Exchange rates BEST LEADING INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Consumer price index (CPI)Wholesale Price Index (WPI)Producer price index (PPI)InflationBond yieldsEmployment:Unemployment:.Industrial productionManufacturing PMIManufacturing activityManufacturing outputFactory ordersDurable goods ordersCapacity utilization Business investmentBusiness confidenceConsumer confidenceJobless claimsLabor force participation rateUnderemployment rateLong-term unemployment rateManufacturing employmentWage growthRising trade deficitsGDP deflator