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USING ECONOMIC INDICATORS TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

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Economic indicators are anything but "just numbers"–they are the keys to unlocking invaluable information about market behavior. Read and interpreted accurately, they can lead to successful trading, prudent policymaking, smart consumership, and profitable investing. Getting the most out of these important signs, however, requires a firm grasp of what they signify and what they really mean. Using Economic Indicators to Improve Investment Analysis–now revised and expanded–gives you the handle necessary to understand and effectively use a wide range of essential economic measurements. Covering all the major indicators reported by private and government statistical agencies–including the consumer price index, the employment situation, retail sales, and housing starts–this comprehensive resource provides full descriptions of indicators and what they represent, their impact on the direction of interest rates, exchange rates, and the stock market, and the hows and whys of market reaction. Most importantly, the Second Edition offers practical guidelines for gearing your investment strategies to these ever–changing economic statistics. Written in clear, nontechnical terms and clearly organized by sectors of the economy, this accessible guide:
∗ Takes a close look at GDP, with an overview of the macroeconomic framework using the standard national income accounting methodology
∗ Compares and contrasts consumer sector indicators to distinguish which series are more reliable and consistent
∗ Differentiates between all measures of inflation, and makes the key distinction between inflation in the goods market and inflation in the services market
∗ Explores foreign market indicators, including the monthly and quarterly indicators for the foreign exchange, domestic bond, and equity markets
∗ Features revealing "Did You Know?" tidbits, and cautionary "Watch Out" sections that highlight common and uncommon quirks, as well as special factors unique to specific indicators
∗ Contains new material on the Federal Reserve–how it works and its policymaking system
Cutting through the ambiguity that often surrounds coverage of economic indicators in the business sections and the financial press, this is essential reading for anyone looking to make sense of vital economic figures.

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Statement of Responsibility

Evelina M. Tainer

Call Number

332.6015195 TAI u 3rd

Publisher

New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons., 2006

Collation

xiii, 338 p. : ill ; 23cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-471-74096-4

Classification

332.6015195

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Edition

3rd. ed.

Subject(s)

Buku Umum
Finance
Investment

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