A Guide to Everyday Economic Statistics, fifth edition

Clayton, Gary E; Giesbrecht, Martin Gerhard

ISBN 10: 0072430362 / ISBN 13: 9780072430363

Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2001

About this Item

152 numbered pages; minor wear to corners and edges of cover; minor curl to cover; a couple minor creases to cover; several minor scratches/ minor dings to cover; weighs 7.5 ounces; measures 8.8 by 5.9 by .35 inches; 020724; This brief and inexpensive paperback examines 35+ economic statistics such as GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, consumer confidence, etc., from public and private sources.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Everyday Economic Statistics, fifth edition
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072430362
• ISBN 13: 9780072430363
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics
  • Education

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Synopsis

This brief and inexpensive paperback examines 35+ economic statistics such as GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, consumer confidence, etc., from public and private sources such as the Bureaus of Economic Analysis, Labor Statistics, Census, and The Conference Board. It assumes no prior knowledge of economics and is fully updated.

About the Author

Gary E. Clayton is Professor and former Chair of the Economics & Finance Department at Northern Kentucky University. His Ph.D. in economics is from the University of Utah and he is the only American with an Honorary Doctorate from the People’s Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) in Moscow. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs and for two years was a regular guest commentator on economic statistics for NPR’s Marketplace. In addition to his other writings and newspaper commentary, he has published five textbooks in the middle school, high school and college markets, including the best-selling Understanding Economics with McGraw-Hill Education. Professor Clayton’s web portal, www.EconSources.com, was described as “among the most useful [sites] on the web” by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Ledger.
Dr. Clayton has taught international business and economics to students in London, Austria, and Australia. He is interested in the economic advancement of developing nations and in 2006 helped organize a micro loan project in Uganda. He is a year 2000 Freedoms Foundation Leavey Award winner for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, an Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) national Consumer Education Award winner, and the recipient of a national teaching award from the National Council on Economic Education. In 2005 Dr. Clayton was the recipient of Northern Kentucky University’s Frank Sinton Milburn Outstanding Professor Award.