Screen LibraryEconomic indicators for professionals : putting the statistics into perspective /
"We are bombarded with economic numbers: unemployment, retail sales, inflation, GDP--the list goes on and on. Some analyst or another is constantly telling us about an obscure statistic that is the key to our future, or is apparently the indicator that the 'Fed' will be using to key o...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"We are bombarded with economic numbers: unemployment, retail sales, inflation, GDP--the list goes on and on. Some analyst or another is constantly telling us about an obscure statistic that is the key to our future, or is apparently the indicator that the 'Fed' will be using to key off its decisions. With economic numbers playing such a central role in the national and world dialogue on policy and markets, and spilling over into the political arena, a broad review of what they are all about is timely. This book reviews the critical US economic data, and how one may put the numbers into an i |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 222 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138559240 (hardcover) : 1138559245 (hardcover) 9781138559257 (paperback) 1138559253 (paperback) 9780203712955 (electronic book) 0203712951 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | HC59 |
| CLC: | F222 |
| Call Number: | F222/S821 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- GDP -- Consumer spending -- Residential investment -- Nonresidential fixed investment -- Inventory investment and farm output -- Imports and exports -- Government spending, and summarizing the spending side -- Income and wealth data -- Industry output and potential GDP -- Price data -- Labor market data -- Wages and other measures of labor compensation -- Government revenues -- Alternative measures of activity -- Broad anticipatory data -- State and regional data -- Conclusion. |