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    In economic forecasting: Selection of turning points

    …use sets of statistics called diffusion indexes to calculate economic turning points. A diffusion index is a method of summarizing the common tendency of a group of statistical series. If a greater number of the series are rising than are declining, the index will be above 50; if fewer are…

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