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Real-time global trade pulse — shipping costs for iron ore, coal and grain predict economic cycles.

Factory sector health check — above 50 means expansion, a leading indicator traders watch obsessively.

Services economy pulse — 80% of US GDP in a single survey, from healthcare to tech to restaurants.

Housing pipeline indicator — permits today become construction jobs and home sales in 6-12 months.

Household spending mood — Conference Board survey predicting retail sales and GDP growth direction.

Michigan survey of household financial optimism — inflation expectations component moves bond markets.

New construction activity — lumber demand, construction jobs and residential real estate cycle signal.

Composite recession predictor — 10 economic indicators blended into one forward-looking signal.

Freshly built home demand — builder confidence, mortgage rates and suburban migration trends.

Upstream inflation pipeline — producer prices today become consumer prices tomorrow.