Now revised and expanded, this widely-used desk reference provides quick and easy access to current and reliable data on the major statistical measures of the U.S. economy. Equally useful for students, general readers, economists, analysts, journalists, and investors, the guide provides concise, jargon-free explanations of the meaning, use, and availability of more than 70 macroeconomic indicators, including websites, recent trends, and current data.
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Chapter 1 Average Weekly Earnings; Chapter 2 Average Weekly Hours; Chapter 3 Balance of Payments; Chapter 4 Balance of Trade; Chapter 5 Bank Loans: Commercial and Industrial; Chapter 6 Bankruptcies: Personal; Chapter 7 Capacity Utilization; Chapter 8 Consumer Attitude Indexes; Chapter 9 Consumer Credit; Chapter 10 Consumer Credit Delinquency; Chapter 11 Consumer Price Index; Chapter 12 Corporate Profits; Chapter 13 Distribution of Income; Chapter 14 Distribution of Wealth; Chapter 15 Employment; Chapter 16 Employment Cost Index; Chapter 17 Farm Parity Ratio; Chapter 18 GDP Price Measures; Chapter 19 Government Economic Transactions: Expenditures, Receipts, Surplus/Deficit; Chapter 20 Gross Domestic Product; Chapter 21 Help-Wanted Advertising Index; Chapter 22 Home Sales: New and Existing Houses; Chapter 23 House Prices: New and Existing Houses; Chapter 24 Housing Affordability Index; Chapter 25 Housing Starts; Chapter 26 Housing Vacancy Rate; Chapter 27 Import and Export Price Indexes; Chapter 28 Industrial Production Index; Chapter 29 Interest Rates; Chapter 30 International Investment Position of the United States; Chapter 31 Inventory-Sales Ratios; Chapter 32 Job Gains and Losses; Chapter 33 Job Openings and Labor Turnover; Chapter 34 Leading, Coincident, and Lagging Indexes; Chapter 35 Manufacturers' Orders; Chapter 36 Mortgage Loan Applications; Chapter 37 Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure; Chapter 38 Non-Manufacturing Business Activity Index; Chapter 39 PMI; Chapter 40 Personal Income and Saving; Chapter 41 Poverty; Chapter 42 Producer Price Indexes; Chapter 43 Productivity: Business Sector; Chapter 44 Retail Sales; Chapter 45 Selected Services Revenue; Chapter 46 Stock Market Price Aggregates and Dividend Yields; Chapter 47 Unemployment; Chapter 48 Unit Labor Costs: Business Sector; Chapter 49 Value of the Dollar;