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This brief and inexpensive paperback examines 40] economic statistics such as GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, consumer confidence, personal income, etc., from public and private sources such as the Bureaus of Economic Analysis, Labor Statistics, Census, and The Conference Board. It assumes no prior knowledge of economics and is fully updated. The Clayton book is available at a great discount when packaged with any McGraw-Hill/Irwin textbook.
目录
Table Of Contents:
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1(14)
How the Statistics in This Book Were Chosen 1(1)
A Frame of Reference 2(3)
The Many Faces of Economic Statistics 5(2)
Abusing Economic Statistics 7(2)
Using Economic Statistics 9(2)
And Beware of Forecasts! 11(2)
A Final Word 13(2)
CHAPTER 2: TOTAL OUTPUT, PRODUCTION, AND GROWTH 15(28)
Gross Domestic Product 15(9)
The Index of Industrial Production 24(4)
Index of Leading Indicators 28(6)
Purchasing Managers' Index 34(4)
Labor Productivity 38(3)
Capacity Utilization 41(2)
CHAPTER 3: INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 43(16)
Gross Private Nonresidential Fixed Investment 43(5)
Building Permits and Housing Starts 48(4)
Business Inventories 52(4)
Durable Goods Orders 56(3)
CHAPTER 4: EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS, AND PROFITS 59(18)
The Unemployment Rate 59(7)
New Jobless Claims 66(2)
Help-Wanted Advertising 68(2)
Personal and Disposable Personal Income 70(5)
Corporate Profits 75(2)
CHAPTER 5: SPENDING, SALES, AND EXPECTATIONS 77(12)
Consumer Spending 77(3)
Retail Sales 80(2)
Auto Sales 82(4)
Consumer Confidence and Expectations 86(3)
CHAPTER 6: PRICES, MONEY, AND INTEREST RATES 89(20)
The Consumer Price Index 89(5)
The Producer Price Index 94(2)
The Money Supply 96(3)
The Prime Rate 99(3)
The Discount Rate 102(2)
The Fed Funds Rate 104(3)
The Treasury Bill Rate 107(2)
CHAPTER 7: FINANCIAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE 109(16)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 109(5)
Standard & Poor's 500 114(3)
The Trade Deficit 117(4)
Foreign Exchange 121(2)
The Value of the Dollar 123(2)
APPENDIX A: THE ECONOMIC BULLETIN BOARD 125(4)
Logging On 125(2)
The Data Files 127(1)
Fees and Billing 127(2)
APPENDIX B: CHAIN WEIGHTING 129(4)
INDEX 133
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1(14)
How the Statistics in This Book Were Chosen 1(1)
A Frame of Reference 2(3)
The Many Faces of Economic Statistics 5(2)
Abusing Economic Statistics 7(2)
Using Economic Statistics 9(2)
And Beware of Forecasts! 11(2)
A Final Word 13(2)
CHAPTER 2: TOTAL OUTPUT, PRODUCTION, AND GROWTH 15(28)
Gross Domestic Product 15(9)
The Index of Industrial Production 24(4)
Index of Leading Indicators 28(6)
Purchasing Managers' Index 34(4)
Labor Productivity 38(3)
Capacity Utilization 41(2)
CHAPTER 3: INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 43(16)
Gross Private Nonresidential Fixed Investment 43(5)
Building Permits and Housing Starts 48(4)
Business Inventories 52(4)
Durable Goods Orders 56(3)
CHAPTER 4: EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS, AND PROFITS 59(18)
The Unemployment Rate 59(7)
New Jobless Claims 66(2)
Help-Wanted Advertising 68(2)
Personal and Disposable Personal Income 70(5)
Corporate Profits 75(2)
CHAPTER 5: SPENDING, SALES, AND EXPECTATIONS 77(12)
Consumer Spending 77(3)
Retail Sales 80(2)
Auto Sales 82(4)
Consumer Confidence and Expectations 86(3)
CHAPTER 6: PRICES, MONEY, AND INTEREST RATES 89(20)
The Consumer Price Index 89(5)
The Producer Price Index 94(2)
The Money Supply 96(3)
The Prime Rate 99(3)
The Discount Rate 102(2)
The Fed Funds Rate 104(3)
The Treasury Bill Rate 107(2)
CHAPTER 7: FINANCIAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE 109(16)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average 109(5)
Standard & Poor's 500 114(3)
The Trade Deficit 117(4)
Foreign Exchange 121(2)
The Value of the Dollar 123(2)
APPENDIX A: THE ECONOMIC BULLETIN BOARD 125(4)
Logging On 125(2)
The Data Files 127(1)
Fees and Billing 127(2)
APPENDIX B: CHAIN WEIGHTING 129(4)
INDEX 133
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