Even a simple item like the telephone card can become a sensitive economic indicator.

Its index reflects ordering by 300 major companies and is a sensitive indicator of the economy's future course.

Small changes in the phasors are sensitive indicators of power flow and system stability.

A sensitive indicator of health need should reflect these disease patterns.

This property has made some species sensitive indicators of pollution.

Unemployment rates arguably provide the most sensitive indicators of local employment opportunities.

He focuses on adjusted income, but a more sensitive indicator consists of the items we can afford to buy.

Glaciers are considered among the most sensitive indicators of climate change.

Language is a very sensitive indicator of child development.

Since the housing industry is considered a sensitive indicator of future recessions, these drops in home sales may be cause for concern.