How to Use subindex in a Sentence

subindex

noun
  • China, upon which much of Asia depends for trade, saw its subindex rise to 83 to reach the highest since the third quarter of last year.
    — Reuters, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The production subindex jumped sharply, likely due to fewer power curbs as the fall’s electricity shortages ease.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The biggest drop was in the subindex measuring confidence in the condition of the national economy in a year from now.
    — Christian Wienberg, Bloomberg.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Miner and bank stocks have been central to the rally, with the materials subindex doubling on the back of rallies in gold, silver, copper and palladium.
    — Stephanie Hughes, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The expectations’ subindex rose in December after three monthly dips surrounding the election.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 3 Jan. 2017
  • The group’s subindex of expectations, based on consumers’ outlook for income, business and labor market conditions, rose to a four-month high of 106.
    — Olivia Rockeman, Bloomberg.com, 1 July 2020
  • One subindex measures consumer feelings about today’s conditions in California.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 5 June 2017
  • The official export-order subindex climbed into expansionary territory for the first time this year, while the Caixin survey showed export orders hitting a three-year high.
    — Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
  • In economic opportunity and participation subindex of the same report, India was placed ahead of only seven countries.
    — Geetika Dayal, Quartz India, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The direct index for Barnwell County is a subindex, meaning that it is arranged alphabetically but organized into sections based on the first two letters of the name.
    — The Root, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Monday’s data showed larger manufacturers performing better while a subindex tracking small enterprises fell into contraction, below the 50 mark.
    — Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 31 May 2021
  • The buoyant stock market and promising news on coronavirus vaccines may also explain the gains in the expectations subindex, said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
    — Gwynn Guilford, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • That was largely in line with the official manufacturing PMI, whose subindex measuring small manufacturers’ activity bucked the broader trend by showing a pickup in activity in April even as its larger peers retreated.
    — Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021

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