General Electric's size, at 310,000 employees, and diversity make it an important economic barometer.

The other important barometers of inflationary pressure are still in check.

Kang's reputation serves as an important barometer for the political attitudes of his time.

The action helped push down the Federal funds rate, a important barometer of interest rates.

The employment-to-population ratio, an important barometer, climbed to a record of 62.4 percent.

The race could also provide an important barometer of the state political climate.

Revenue, considered an important barometer of how the telecommunications companies were growing, was equal to a year earlier, at about $4.8 billion.

Generator sales are an important barometer of long-term business confidence in the national power grid.

Factory orders are an important economic barometer of manufacturers' plans for production.

Analysts often look at a bank's capital as an important barometer of the institution's health.