Usually means: Indicators predicting trends or changes.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. bellwethers: Merriam-Webster
  2. bellwethers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bellwethers: Vocabulary.com
  4. Bellwethers, bellwethers: Wordnik
  5. bellwethers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bellwethers: Wiktionary
  7. bellwethers: Dictionary.com
  8. bellwethers: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. bellwethers: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bellwethers: Financial dictionary

(Note: See bellwether as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bellwether)

noun:  The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.
noun:  (figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.
noun:  (finance, figuratively) A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.
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