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The Conference Board's Leading Economic Index for the United States edged up 0.1% in May 2026 to 99.3 (2016=100), extending a run of consecutive monthly advances that offers the first sustained uptick in the index in some time.
The May print followed a 0.2% increase in April, making it two months in a row of positive readings from the New York-based research organization.
What the Numbers Actually Say Back-to-back gains are the headline, but the six-month lens keeps the optimism calibrated.
Despite the sequential improvements in April and May, The Conference Board's index is still down 0.3% over the six-month window cited in the release — a reminder that two months of marginal advances do not yet constitute a trend reversal.
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