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What (who) is BELLWETHERS - definition
PERSON WHO LEADS OR INDICATES TRENDS
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bellwether
(bellwethers)
If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing. (mainly AM JOURNALISM)
For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy...
IBM is considered the bellwether stock on Wall Street.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n
bellwether
¦ noun
1. the leading sheep of a flock, often with a bell on its neck.
2. a leader or indicator of a trend.
Bellwether
·noun Hence: A leader.
II. Bellwether ·noun A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
Wikipedia
Bellwether
A bellwether is a leader or an indicator of trends.
In politics, the term often applies in a metaphorical sense to characterize a geographic region where political tendencies match in microcosm those of a wider area, such that the result of an election in the former region might predict the eventual result in the latter. In economics, a 'bellwether' is a leading indicator of an economic trend.
Sociologists apply the term in the active sense to a person or group of people who tend to create, influence, or set trends.
Examples of use of BELLWETHERS
1. We‘re going to be extremely cautious." As always, the networks will be looking for early bellwethers.
2. The strength of commodities took the shine off some surprisingly strong sets of quarterly earnings from bellwethers such as Alcoa and Micron Technology.
3. Specifically, he arranged to visit workers at a Chrysler factory in Macomb County, bellwether of bellwethers, and rally in Grand Rapids.
4. The downswing on Wall Street was triggered by dismay with quarterly results from bellwethers such as AT&T, DuPont and McDonald‘s, the Associated Press reports.
5. Earlier this week, technology bellwethers Yahoo Inc and Intel Corp delivered disappointing earnings results, triggering some investor concerns about a sector–wide slump.