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Business index of the Federal reserve bank, or Philadelphia Federal index represents results of surveying industrial managers of Philadelphia enterprises about their attitude to current economic conditions and further business outlook. The value below zero signalizes about negative trends in the US economy. The index is published on every third Thursday of month at 10:00 a.m EST (New York). Market response to the index is minor. Its growth favorably influences consolidation of national currency. Since the value is published shortly before NAPM index, it is closely watched and then forecast on expected national PMI is made.

William Delbert Gann considered that markets move in accordance with the laws of geometry. One of his major geometrical instruments was the line at an angle of 45º. He also use angles built on the basis of this line. The Gann line is also called a balance angle (1×1), in which one price range corresponds to one time period.