From March to April, the WSU Leading Economic Indicators Index declined; however, with a monthly loss of 1.3 percent, this was the smallest decline since September 2008. It takes at least three months to begin to see a trend in this index, so it will take at least a couple of months to determine whether we can anticipate an improvement in the local economy by year-end. Read more at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?75.