Guide to Economic Indicators

Book Description
The definitive guide to understanding and interpreting economic indicators The Book It is essential in business and many professions today to have a thorough understanding of economic information. Written for the non-specialist, this highly accessible guide provides the keys to understanding all the major and many lesser economic indicators: what they are, the areas they cover, their reliability, and how and why to interpret them. It contains chapters covering: • GDP (Gross Domestic Product),GNP (Gross National Product) and GNI (Gross National Income) • Growth, trends and cycles • Population, employment, unemployment • Government and Consumers • Investment and savings • Industry and commerce • Exchange rates • Money and financial markets Now in its fifth edition this fully updated, revised guide is invaluable for anyone who needs or simply wants to have the underlying economic realities of the world we live in clearly explained.


Book Info
Guide for the non-specialist on interpreting economic indicators relating to GDP and GNI (GNP); growth, trends, and cycles; population and employment; government; consumers; investment and savings; industry and commerce; balance of payments; exchange rates; and money and financial markets. Clearly explains the economic realities of today's world. Previous ed: c2000.


The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
A blueprint for understanding economic information from all over the world. There is a critical need today for business executives, investors, and students to have a thorough knowledge of the economic indicators that are released every day and used throughout the world. This comprehensive primer addresses that need. Clearly explaining each major indicator and how to interpret it, The Economist Guide to Economic Indicators enables readers to not only understand the facts and grasp their significance, but to relate them to their individual situations.


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This practical guide from The Economist explains the major and minor economic indicators referred to in business reports and by the news media, and how they are used to interpret a range of data on growth, employment, consumer spending and more. The updated fifth edition includes interpreting statistics, measuring GDP, balance of payments, growths and trends since 1960, population and employment, government, consumers, investment and savings, industry and commerce, exchange rates, and money and financial markets. The guide is written for student and professionals in business, as well as general readers. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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