Loose Leaf for A Guide to Everyday Economic Statistics,9781260486230

Loose Leaf for A Guide to Everyday Economic Statistics

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Edition: 8th
ISBN13: 9781260486230
ISBN10: 1260486230
Format: Loose-leaf
Pub. Date: 2018-02-15
Publisher(s): McGraw Hill
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
How the Statistics in This Book Were Chosen
A Frame of Reference
The Many Faces of Economic Statistics
Abusing Economic Statistics
Using Economic Statistics
And Beware of Forecasts!
A Final Word

Chapter 2: Total Output and Income
Gross Domestic Product
Recession vs. Depression
The NIPAs
Personal Income

Chapter 3: Production and Growth
Purchasing Managers' Index
Index of Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Labor Productivity
Leading Economic Index

Chapter 4: Investment and Capital Expenditures
Gross Private Domestic Investment
New Building Permits and Housing Starts
Business Inventories
Inventory/Sales Ratio
Durable Goods Orders

Chapter 5: Employment and Unemployment
Total Employment
New Jobs Created
Unemployment Rate
Help-Wanted Advertising
New Jobless Claims

Chapter 6: Spending, Profits, and Expectations
Consumer Spending
Retail and E-Commerce Sales
Wholesale Sales
Consumer Expectations and Confidence
Employment Cost Index
Corporate Profits
Beige Book

Chapter 7: Prices, Money, and Interest Rates
Consumer Price Index
Producer Price Index
Money Supply
Fed Funds Rate
Primary Credit Rate
Treasury Bill Rate
Prime Rate
The LIBOR

Chapter 8: Stock Prices and International Trade
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Standard & Poor's 500
The Russell 3000 Index
The Wilshire 5000
The NASDAQ Composite
The Balance of Trade
International Value of the Dollar
Foreign Exchange

Appendix: Chain Weighting

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