Subject: Re: DC police chief cooked the crime books...
This, in a country where the "leader" proclaims an A+++++ economy, while the stock market has the jitters.

Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the US Declined Again in September

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the US declined by 0.3% in September 2025 to 98.3 (2016=100), after also declining by 0.3% in August (upwardly revised from an originally reported 0.5% decline). Overall, the LEI fell by 2.1% over the six months between March and September 2025, a faster rate of decline than its 1.3% contraction over the previous six-month period (September 2024 to March 2025).

https://www.conference-board.o...

Steve