[, ] () a figure, such as the level of employment or prices, that is seen as a measure of the success of an economy 经济指标（衡量经济状况的数据，如就业或价格水平等）◆Gold (= its price) remains an important economic indicator. 金价仍然是一个重要的经济指标。◆an index of leading economic indicators (= ones that change before the economy improves or gets worse) 领先经济指标的指数