It is not for nothing that credit ratings are considered a lagging indicator.

There are signs of recovery, but they lag those in the rest of the country.

Since jobs (and incomes) are a lagging indicator, the unemployment rate will probably surpass 10 percent this year and remain above 9 percent well into next year.

I think my heart just lagged.

The observed lag might result from processes that occur at the most fundamental scale of space-time, the Planck length (10-35 metres).