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1. Press release 1. What is the release date of the most recent press release? 2' Has the LEI increased or decreased and by how much? 3. Which statistics of the leading indicators, if any, have increased? 4. Which statistics of the leading indicators, if any, have decreased? 11. Index changes 5. By looking at the charts, explain in your own words what happens or what is the trend of the Leading Economic Index just before a recession? 6. What happens to the Leading Economic Index, meaning how does its direction change during a recession? 7. What happens to the Coincident Economic index during a recession? 8. What happens to the Coincident Economic Index after a recession and when the economy starts to expand? III. Stock Market 9. Looking at either the Dow Jones Index or the Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P500) Index, describe the level of either of the indexes for the last 20 years? Meaning listing approximate dates of peaks (high points) and troughs (low points) over this time. 10. What is the relationship you see in your answer in nine to the leading economic index? 11. What can you say about the leading index before and just after March of 2009? What was the performance in the index from that time through 2019? IV. Conclusion 12. In your own words describe how the peaks and troughs in the LEI (leading economic index) relate to changes in the economy and the stock market. In addition, how might you use this information to make your own investment decisions