Over the past week, the LPL Financial Current Conditions Index (CCI) slid slightly to 241. The path of the CCI remains consistent with continued, though modest, economic growth in the United States. Over the past few months, momentum in the CCI has improved slightly but moderated in the past few weeks.In the latest week, the index was negatively affected by a deterioration in initial jobless claims, commodity prices and the VIX, while supported by improvement in BAA spreads.