financial indicator

noun [C] FINANCE

Definition

› something that shows how good a company's financial situation or the situation of a financial market is: Rewards are sometimes linked to financial indicators such as earnings or cash-flow growth.

(Definition of financial indicator noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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