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Reading the Impact of Tax Cuts on Capital Goods Spending

Reading the Impact of Tax Cuts on Capital Goods Spending

What Boosted the Leading Economic Index in 2017? Non-defense core capital goods exclude aircraft and defense purchases and are a proxy for spending by industries. This economic indicator has a weight of 4% on the Conference Board LEI.