Guide to Economic Indicators: Making Sense of Economics - Sixth Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576602400 ISBN 13: 9781576602409

Publisher: Bloomberg Press, 2007

Synopsis

The sixth edition of this well-established guide explains all you need to know in order to understand and interpret economic figures so that you can make up your own mind about, for example, the way different economies are performing or whether it is the right time to move into a new market. With more than ninety tables and charts, it looks at all the main economic indicators and answers.

Since the spread of globalisation, it has become even more essential in business today to have a thorough understanding of economic information: to be able to grasp fully the real implications of the economic indicators referred to in business reports and by the media. Written for the nonspecialist, this highly accessible guide explains how to understand and interpret all the main economic indicators.

Guide to Economic Indicators is above all a practical work that clearly explains the underlying economic realities of today's world. Fully updated and revised, this sixth edition is an invaluable reference for those in business, the financial markets, or government, and a necessary resource for students.

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Book Description

It is even more essential—and complicated—than in the past to have a thorough understanding of economic information. Written for the non-specialist, this highly accessible guide provides the key 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.

Fully updated and revised, this guide is invaluable for anyone who needs or simply wants to have the underlying economic realities of the world we live in clearly explained.

 

From the Publisher

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomberg Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1576602400
• ISBN 13: 9781576602409
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 244