P R Newswire – The Conference Board announced that their LEI (Leading Economic Indicator) for Japan continues to decline, the six month growth rate becoming negative in October.
At the same time, the CEI (Coincident Economic Indicator) for Japan, a measure of current economic activity, declined 0.8 percent in October to 97.3 (2004 = 100), following a 0.3 percent decline in September, and a 0.3 percent decline in August……..