01541nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500830005810000230014126000330016425000080019730000250020530000110023049000180024150000190025902000180027865000450029665000400034105000200038154600120040150506230041352002040103633600090124033700150124933800110126420260803094008.0251212s2006    xx            000 0 und d1 aUsing economic indicators to improve investment analysis /cEvelina M. Tainer.  aTainer, Evelina M.  aHoboken, NJ :bWiley,c2006.  a3rd  axiii, 338 p. : ill.:  c24 cm.  aWiley finance  aIncludes index  a0-471-74096-9  aInvestment analysisxStatistical methods  aEconomic indicatorszUnited States.  a332.6015195 T36  aEnglish  aIllustrations. Preface. Acknowledgments. CHAPTER 1. Cycles, Markets, and Participants. CHAPTER 2. National Income and Product Accounts. CHAPTER 3. The Consumer Sector. CHAPTER 4. Investment Spending. CHAPTER 5. The Foreign Sector. CHAPTER 6. The Government Sector. CHAPTER 7. Inflation. CHAPTER 8. The Labor Market. CHAPTER 9. Other Measures of Production. CHAPTER 10. The Federal Reserve System. CHAPTER 11. The Treasury. CHAPTER 12. Making Strategic Investment Decisions. Appendix A. Sources of Information. Appendix B. Economic Indicator Releases by Statistical Agency. Notes. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.  a"A virtual bible of how economic indicators are constructed and used. Important tidbits of history are mixed with present-day nuances to explain why we should care about all the economic indicators.   aText  aUnmediated  aVolume