EBK INVESTMENTS
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Chapter 17, Problem 14PS
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The reason for taking the consumer expectations index as a leading indicator for the business conditions.
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Consumer expectation index is a SUB-PART of consumer confidence index. Contributors to the expectations index portion of the consumer confidence survey express about what business conditions will be in the next half year.
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