Handbook of Key Economic Indicators - Hardcover

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9780786301935: Handbook of Key Economic Indicators

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786301937 ISBN 13: 9780786301935

Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994

Financial markets - stocks, bonds, foreign exchanges, commodities - move quickly and, at least on the surface, often in seemingly unexpected directions. To fully understand these market moves, financial professionals must first have a complete understanding of the nonfinancial economic indicators that drive them. Handbook of Key Economic Indicators, Second Edition, details the reasoning and logic behind the numbers, and provides a solid basis for understanding how they will affect markets. From in-depth analyses of traditional economic news releases to key questions readers should always ask when analyzing important data and reports (listed for ease of use at the end of each chapter), Handbook of Key Economic Indicators, Second Edition, moves beyond the superficial to help traders, investors, and financial analysts truly understand the content of economic and noneconomic indicators.

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From the Back Cover:

Updated Criteria for Understanding Key Economic News Releases And
Their Impact on Financial Markets! Each week, regularly-scheduled
nonfinancial economic indicators inflation, manufacturing starts,
gross domestic product, and others create sizable and predictable
market moves when they are released by U.S. government agencies. Since
its release in 1994, Handbook of Key Economic Indicators has become
the trader's and investor's guidebook for interpreting these releases
and correctly predicting their financial impact. Now the second
edition of this best-selling classic discusses the many changes that
have occurred since its first release, both in key economic data and
how they can be interpreted and utilized. New discussions in the
second edition include: further evaluation of changes in household
employment data based on recent revisions; the switch in real GDP to a
chained dollar basis from constant dollar; 1998 revisions to CPI
data and further changes that are right around the corner; the
"Boskin Report" on the CPI; revisions to the composite indicators that
were part of their hand-over to the Conference Board by the Department
of Commerce; new sections for initial unemployment claims,
productivity and unit labor costs, and employment cost indexes
thoroughly updated and revised, Handbook of Key Economic Indicators,
Second Edition, remains the standard reference for market analysts and
investors who need not only knowledge and experience about the numbers
behind these important reports, but also an intuitive understanding of
how the markets will react.

Synopsis:

Identifies the primary non-financial indicators most closely followed by financial markets, especially those that move financial markets on a regular basis. Among them are employment, personal income, consumer spending, international trade, and the Commerce Department's composite indicators. For investors in financial markets. Annotation copyright

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