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-# The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI)for theU.S. decreased by 1.0 percent in December 2022 to 110.5 (2016=100), following a decline of 1.1 percent in November. The LEI is now down 4.2 percent over the six-month period between June and December 2022—a much steeper rate of decline than its 1.9 percent contraction over the previous six-month period (December 2021–June 2022).<ref>https://www.conference-board.org/topics/us-leading-indicators</ref>
+* The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. fell again by 0.3 percent in February 2023 to 110.0 (2016=100), after also declining by 0.3 percent in January
+* The LEI is down 3.6 percent over the six-month period between August 2022 and February 2023—a steeper rate of decline than its 3.0 percent contraction over the previous six months (February–August 2022).<ref>https://www.conference-board.org/topics/us-leading-indicators</ref>
 # The recession signal was hit in August 2022.<ref>https://www.conference-board.org/topics/us-leading-indicators/press/us-lei-sept-2022#:~:text=The%20Conference%20Board%20Leading%20Economic,over%20the%20previous%20six%20months.</ref>