The Secrets of Economic Indicators

This is the real deal. Baumohl miraculously breathes life into economic indicators and statistics.

The Wall Street Journal

 

This is the most up-to-date guide to economic indicators and their importance to financial markets in print. The coverage of less-reported indicators, especially those from nongovernment sources, is hard to find elsewhere. The inclusion of the actual published tables helps the newer student of the markets find the data in the public release. For anyone trying to follow the economic data, this should be next to your computer so that you can understand and find the data on the Internet.

David Wyss, Chief Economist, Standard and Poors

 

I find Baumohls writing fascinating. In addition to the famous indicators, he includes many that I hadnt heard of. I really appreciate that he tells you exactly where to find each indicator on the Web. Just about anyone whos serious about understanding which way the economy is headed will want to read this book. It could be a classic.

Harry Domash, Columnist for MSN Money and Publisher, Winning Investing Newsletter

 

Bernie Baumohl has accomplished something of real value in The Secrets of Economic Indicators. He has successfully demystified the world of financial and economic news that bombards us in our daily lives. Both professional investors and casual observers of the world of finance and economics will be grateful for what he has done. The constant stream of heretofore bewildering news from the world of business and finance can now be easily understood. Every businessperson or investor should keep a copy of Baumohls book close at hand as he or she catches up on the business, stock market, and economic events of the day. It is great, at long last, to have someone who has eliminated what may have been so perplexing to so many and to have done so with such remarkable clarity.

Hugh Johnson, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Johnson Illington Advisors

 

Bernie Baumohl has written a must-read educational and reference book that every individual investor will find indispensable for watching, monitoring, and interpreting the markets. The daily flow of high frequency economic indicators is the stuff that makes financial markets move and that can signal the big trends that make or break investor portfolios. Most important, Bernies long experience in reporting economics for Time Magazine helps make the dismal science lively and interesting.

Allen Sinai, President and Chief Global Economist, Decision Economics, Inc.

 

Baumohl has a gift for taking a complicated subject and allowing it to read like a fast-moving novel. My confidence in reading and understanding economic indicators as portrayed in this book made me realize the possibilities this information holds for improving my personal net worth as well as navig...

(Pearson)

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Bernard Baumohl has been TIME magazine's senior economics reporter for two decades. He is an award-winning journalist who has covered the domestic and international economy from TIME's New York and Washington bureaus. As an economist for European American Bank, he assessed global economic risks and developed forecasts on the U.S. economy. Mr. Baumohl has a Masters Degree in international affairs and economics from Columbia University.

(Pearson)

About the Author xiii

Whats New in the Second Edition? xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xxiii

 

Chapter 1        The Lock-Up 1

Chapter 2        A Beginners Guide: Understanding the Lingo 17

Chapter 3        The Most Influential U.S. Economic Indicators 25

Chapter 4        International Economic Indicators: Why Are They So Important? 325

Chapter 5        Best Web Sites for U.S. Economic Indicators 373

Chapter 6        Best Web Sites for International Economic Indicators 381

Index 387

 

(Pearson)