Question

Leading economic indicators are: A. the most popular economic statistics.B. data that are used to construct the consumer price index and the unemployment rate. C. variables that tend to fluctuate in advance of the overall economy. D. standardized statistics compiled by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Answer 1

C. Variables that tend to fluctuate in advance of the overall economy.

Step-by-step explanation:

Leading Economic Indicators:-These are the stats that come before economic events.They predict the upcoming phase of the business cycle.Which is important for an economy that is coming out of a recession or will be entering into recession.

So these are the variables which will fluctuate or has a tendency to fluctuate when there is advances in the overall economy.