lagging indicator

基本解释

And unemployment tends to be a lagging indicator, recovering later than other economic factors.
而失业率往往是一个滞后指标，比其它经济因素复苏得晚。
The exception has been unemployment, typically a lagging indicator, which last week remained at an elevated 9.5%.
但失率率一直是个例外，这通常是个滞后指标，上周失业率仍居9.5%高位。
Since jobs (and incomes) are a lagging indicator, the unemployment rate will probably surpass 10 percent this year and remain above 9 percent well into next year.
由于就业率（和收入）成为一个滞后的指标，失业率将有可能在今年超过10%，并在明年保持在9%以上。

Employment is a lagging indicator and cannot improve much until the economy picks up.
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something that shows what a situation has been like in previous weeks, months, etc., rather than showing what it is like now or will be like in the future