About ECRI Reports
ECRI's pinpoint analysis of pivotal shifts in the business cycle allows our members a critical advantage.
Costly business and trading mistakes are made when a coming recession isn't detected, a period of slowing growth is misinterpreted as a recession, or a recovery isn't recognized.
By contrast, ECRI delivers accurate advance warning of coming economic and inflation cycle turning points for major developed and developing economies.
Members receive the comprehensive reports listed below, which offer in-depth analysis for major sectors of 20 economies accounting for 80% of world GDP - all of the information needed to accurately decipher the complex dynamics of the global economy.
International Cyclical Outlook (ICO) - monthly
Unlike conventional leading indexes, ECRI's international indexes are comparable across borders and typically provide longer leads. The ICO report presents not only comprehensive analysis of our international long leading indexes and future inflation gauges, but also specialized indicators ranging from the Chinese Leading Home Price Index to the U.K. Leading Services Index. MORE
Clear insights
- Offers protection from being blindsided by cyclical turns around the world.
- Highlights opportunities — ahead of the consensus — as cyclical risks shift.
- Focus sections present in-depth cyclical research on a variety of international topics.
Global, Regional & Country Coverage
- 20 countries covering 80% of world GDP, including China, India, Brazil and South Africa.
- Indexes are also aggregated globally and regionally.
- International index data starts in the 1950s.
U.S. Cyclical Outlook (USCO) - monthly
ECRI's WLI is but one of a vast array of leading indexes to forecast turning points in the various sectors and aspects of the economy. Based on over a dozen leading indexes, the USCO report presents in-depth, nuanced analysis of U.S. economic cycle dynamics. MORE
State-of-the-Art Forecasting Tools
Economic Growth
ECRI's U.S. Long Leading Index, which has longer leads than stock prices, provides the earliest signal of upcoming turning points in the economy. Separately, specialized leading indexes are used to forecast cycles in key sectors of the economy:
- Long Leading Index
- Weekly Leading Index
- Short Leading Index
- Leading Services Index
- Leading Financial Services Index
- Leading Non-Financial Services Index
- Leading Manufacturing Index
- Leading Construction Index
- Leading Diffusion Index
- Leading Exports Index
- Leading Imports Index
- Leading Trade Balance Index
Inflation
Inflation cycles are loosely related to, but distinct from, cycles in economic growth and employment. We use specialized leading indexes to monitor this aspect of the economy:
- U.S. Future Inflation Gauge
- U.S. Leading Home Price Index
- Leading Credit Index
- JoC-ECRI Industrial Price Index
Employment
Because cycles in employment can delink from the overall economy, we have long used specialized leading indexes to forecast cycles in aggregate employment:
- Leading Employment Index
- Leading Manufacturing Employment Index
- Leading Non-Manufacturing Employment Index
Focus Sections
Present unique cyclical insights on a variety of topics ranging from markets and structural developments, to policy implications.
Inflation Watch - monthly
Timely updates of ECRI's U.S. and international future inflation gauges (FIGs) reliably forewarn members about upcoming directional changes in the inflation cycle, often with monetary policy implications. MORE
ECRI Weekly Update
Each Friday morning, this report promptly informs members of shifts in ECRI's outlook, including:
- Advance updates of our Weekly Leading and Coincident Indexes
- Exclusive updates to the U.S. Weekly Future Inflation Gauge
These updates serve as advance supplements to our monthly reports.
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Testimonial
(ECRI’s) forecast of the [Great] recession helped us anticipate reduced merchandise sales; we proactively revised our inventory forecasts down months ago, and that has helped to greatly minimize the inventory swell and need for markdowns.
In March [2009], the month the market scraped bottom, ECRI went forth with [a] tablepounding historical observation… The implication could not have been clearer that a market rally, when it started, would be no sucker's affair but the real McCoy.
This approach works like a charm.
As an investment strategist, I need to navigate the many twists and turns in the emerging economic landscape with as much foresight as possible to know when to take or avoid risk. In this quest, ECRI’s array of leading indices, specifically designed to predict and navigate economic turning points, have been an indispensible tool.
ECRI [is] the most accurate forecasting institution in the world.
In the opinion littered world of economic forecasting, ECRI is Mr. Spock – deeply analytical, dispassionate, and accurate.
