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...Index of Leading Economic Indicators is also pointing to better times ahead. What's interesting is that almost half the increase in the leading indicators was from the stock market. So people look at the leading indicators and say, "I gotta buy stocks." And yet the stock market is one of the 10 leading indicators, so it almost becomes a self-perpetuating development. Here's another thing to know about the index of leading indicators: in the past, the upturn in this index precedes the economy's upturn by as much as 12 months. So maybe it's telling...
Glimmers of hope keep sneaking through the world's cracked economy. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators, which includes measures such as stock prices, the money supply and new orders by manufacturers, just posted its first gain in seven months. Consumer confidence increased in May and is now at its highest level in eight months. According to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics, over 90% of economists are predicting that the recession will end by December. (See TIME's recession photo-essay "Stores That Are No More...
...uses a red horse-drawn carriage as its corporate mascot, have risen nearly 200%, to $24 per share, in less than three months. And while the stocks of all banks are up over that period, Wells Fargo's increase is more than double the rise of the KBW Bank Index. As a result, Wells' shares are starting to look pricey - and the bank is still facing tens of billions of dollars more in loan losses in the next two years...
...caffeine addicts negotiating the recession, this ought to give you a jolt: production problems are driving up the cost of coffee and tea on international markets. Rotten weather in Colombia helped push an index of coffee prices compiled by London's International Coffee Organization (ICO) to its highest level since September on Wednesday, just as futures prices for Arabica beans - which make up the bulk of the world's supply - topped $1.35 per lb. in New York, the highest since October. Recent droughts from Sri Lanka to Kenya, meanwhile, have constrained tea production, forcing up crop prices at auction...
...most women - including those who are underweight, normal weight or even overweight at conception - the guidelines remain unchanged from the original 1990 standards: women with a healthy body mass index, or BMI (a ratio of height and weight used to define obesity), of 18 to 25 are advised to gain 25 to 35 pounds during pregnancy. Overweight women with a BMI of 25 to 29.5 should gain less, up to 25 pounds; underweight women, with BMIs below 18.5, should gain more, up to 40 pounds...