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The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.4 percent in December to 94.3 (2004 = 100), following a 0.2 percent increase in November and a 0.6 percent increase in October. This month’s data inaugurates a number of major changes to the components and calculation of the LEI.

The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence™, which had declined in the third quarter, improved in the last quarter of 2011. The Measure now reads 49, up from 42 in the previous quarter (a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses).

Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading real estate services and investment firm, released its 2012 National Real Estate Forecast, which predicts a year of slow but continued growth for all commercial real estate property sectors.