Handbook of Key Economic Indicators - Hardcover

Rogers, R. Mark; Rogers, R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786301937 ISBN 13: 9780786301935

Publisher: Irwin Professional Pub, 1994

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 Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author

R. Mark Rogers is the macroeconomic forecast coordinator for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Reviews

Rogers, an analyst and economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, has written a much-needed guide to economic indicators. Rogers goes into great detail explaining the frequency of various indicators, the methodologies used, the weighting factors, and the formulas used for the calculations. The bases for many indicators have been revised recently, and many more will be revised in the coming years. Rogers provides comparative notes between the old and new indicators to help the researcher formulate a consistent series. Topics covered by the book include employment, personal income, retail sales, auto sales, the consumer price index and producer price index, industrial production, manufacturers orders, inventories, international trade, construction, gross domestic product, and forecasts and composite indexes. This book should serve as a companion to the Labor Department's Handbook of Methods, which outlines and explains the methodology used in labor statistics. Highly recommended for special, academic, and public libraries.
C. Christopher Pavek, Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Inc. Information Ctr., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This handbook is geared to analysts and traders who need quick access to data relating to key U.S. economic indicators. It considers what indicators mean and how they are calculated, compiled, and reported to enhance informed financial decision making. Drawing from his many years of experience as an analyst and macro-economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Rogers deals with such topics as employment, personal income, retail sales, new auto sales, the consumer price index, the producer price index, industrial production and capacity utilization rates, manufacturers' orders, business inventories and sales, the purchasing managers' index, monthly international trade, monthly construction indicators, gross domestic product, and the U.S. Commerce Department's index of leading indicators and other composite indexes. Methodologies behind the indicators are addressed, and suggestion regarding what to look for with each month's statistics appear throughout. Although this book is written primarily for market analysts and investors who desire to improve their expertise and ability to forecast trends in the U.S. economy, government and industry researchers, along with selected academics, also will find it useful. Joseph Leonard

Edition details

• Publisher: Irwin Professional Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786301937
• ISBN 13: 9780786301935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288