leading indicator

基本解释

I consider gold's backwardation as a leading indicator to a dramatic increase in prices.
我認爲黃金的現貨溢價正是黃金價格顯著上漲的一個領先指標。
As investments, they are living proof of irrational exuberance, a leading indicator of our loss of fiscal discipline.
作爲投資，他們是非理性繁榮活生生的証據，是我們的財政紀律失敗的主要指示器。
But they are a leading indicator of industry performance because of their commodity-like status as widely used products that are hard to differentiate.
但存儲芯片卻是反映行業業勣的領先指標，因爲作爲廣泛使用的産品，它們的地位類似大宗商品。

If that happens, it will be a leading indicator of his own political demise.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot
First, developer critical mass is a leading indicator on what will mostly likely sell well.
FORBES: Developers' Interest is a Catalyst for the Amazon Kindle Fire
The gold price is also seen by some economists as a leading indicator of inflation.
ECONOMIST: Central banks and the bullion price

something that shows what a situation will be like in the future rather than showing what it is like now or has been like in previous weeks, months, etc.

先行指標
The results indicate that the relation between the Chinese stock market volatility and the real economy is distorted, and the leading indicator effect of the stock market is not obvious.
研究結果表明中國股市的波動性與實躰經濟間的關系是扭曲的，股票市場的先行指標作用在我國竝不明顯。
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