Former TIME Magazine senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl has done the impossible: he’s made economic indicators fascinating.
Using real-world examples and stories,Baumohl illuminates every U.S. and foreign indicator that matters.Where to find them.What they look like. What the insiders know about their track records. And exactly how to interpret them.
What the numbers really mean…
– to stocks, bonds, rates, currencies, and you
– Ahead of the curve: spotting turning points
– Calling recessions and recoveries in time to profit from them
– Leading indicators: where’s the economy really heading
– Decoding initial unemployment claims, housing starts, the yield curve, and other predictors
– Beyond the borders
– Why foreign indicators are increasingly important-and how to use them
– Making sense of indicators in conflict
– What to do when the numbers disagree
– Finding the data
– Free web resources for the latest economic data
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