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November 23, 2015 | The Conference BoardEstimated reading time: 3 minutes
With the increase of 0.1 percent in September, the coincident economic index now stands at 100.9 (2010=100). Based on revised data, this index increased 0.2 percent in August and remained unchanged in July. During the six-month period through September, the index increased 0.3 percent, with three of the four series making a positive contribution (diffusion index, six-month span equals 75.0 percent).
Data Availability. The data series used to compute The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for France and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for France reported in this release are those available “as of” 10 A.M. ET on November 17, 2015. Some series are estimated as noted below.
*The series in The Conference Board LEI for France that is based on our estimates is the ratio of the deflator of manufacturing value added to unit labor cost in manufacturing. Series in The Conference Board CEI for France that are based on our estimates are number of employees, personal consumption of manufactured goods and wage and salaries.
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