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| The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities, 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Bernard Baumohl
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (46 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3596
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0132447290
Dewey Decimal Number: 330.0112
EAN: 9780132447294
ASIN: 0132447290
Publication Date: August 3, 2007
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 Excellent Reference on Economic Indicators May 19, 2008
This book does a great job of explaining a long list of macro-economic indicators, their application and relative predictive importance. Highly recommended for those who want to understand how economists measure and attempt to forecast the direction of economies around the world.
First Class Economic Resource May 19, 2008
If you're an inspiring investor or seasoned pro; a corporate executive or fresh out of school Mr. Baumohl's "The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities" holds a wealth of information to assist in making good economic decisions.
The book's structure begins with two chapters that provides the reader with a good introduction on how economic indicators help explain the workings of the world economy. Next the various indicators are organized by categories that allows to reader to find the exact information he or she needs. Also, Mr. Baumohl's writing style is accessible to readers without formal economic training.
 A good start May 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For anyone interested in understanding the terminology behind the financial pages and Web periodicals, this book does its job. For many of the standard economic indicators, such as the consumer price index, personal income and spending, and the producer price index, its author discusses their importance, how they are calculated, and their impact on the bond, equity, and currency markets. His discussions are mostly qualitative, especially when assessing the impact of the indicators as "low", "medium", "high", and "very high." This was done no doubt to make the book appeal to a wider readership that does not have the mathematical preparation to delve into the topics from a more quantitative perspective. The discussion on the `yield curve' is very good, and in addition gives the reader insight into its status as one of the indicators that is not computed by governmental agencies. The author also gives a lengthy list of the best Websites to visit for discussions on both U.S. and international economic indicators.
There are some omissions in the book whose inclusion would have been helpful, especially to those readers who are interested in the mortgage markets. The author does discuss the NAHB housing market index, construction spending, new home sales, and the NAR existing home sales, but discussions on the OHFEO house price index and the Case/Shiller house price index are omitted. These indices have become very important in recent months due to the turmoil in the mortgage markets, and they have appeared many times in newspapers throughout the world. There are also no discussions on the forecasting performance of the various indicators, again probably due to the goal of keeping the book length at a manageable level. For the index of leading economic indicators for example, the author could have discussed this briefly without getting into the deep technical details.
Economic Indicators March 31, 2008
A good guide to understand the portray of the US economy, particularly for people who has no economics background.
Economics December 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read a couple of books on Economic Indicators and this by far was the best. Good book to read. Author makes it easy to understand.
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