Attributes to Economic Indicators

1- Relation to business cycle/economy
a - Procyclic
b - Countercyclic
c - Acyclic

2 - Frequency

3 - Timing
a - Leading
b - Lagged
c - Coincident

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Business Cycle Indicators

you can find the list of Business Cycle Indicators in the following link from about.com
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Of these some important indicators are as follows :
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Consumer Confidence
New Home Sales
Personal Income and Consumption Expenditures
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Retail Sales
Industrial Production

Also following is the link that lists the American collection of economic indicators. It is published by The United States Congress. Their Economic Indicators are published monthly and are available for download in PDF and TEXT formats. The indicators fall into seven broad categories:

about.com :->http://tinyurl.com/yh5txjr

A very useful data for anybody interested in business and strategy.
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