Introduction | |
How Economic Indicators are Calculated The RPI - an example Building blocks Pitfalls | |
Who Collects and Issues them? Who's who in international and national statistics Commentary on national statistics websites Timing of releases | |
Who Forecasts Them? Adam Smith's army How do the forecasters work? Are their forecasts accurate? Information on economic forecasts | |
Prices and Money Inflation Money Supply Producer prices | |
What We Spend Consumer spending Consumer confidence Public spending Business spending | |
The Work We Do Gross domestic product Business confidence Index of production Employment and unemployment | |
What We Earn, Save and Borrow Average earnings Savings ratio Interest rates How interest rates are set Interest rate statistics | |
How We Trade Foreign trade and the balance of payments Exchange rates Commodity prices Terms of trade | |
Leading Indicators and Other Stories Retail sales Car production and sales Housing market statistics Advertising Stock market indices Composite leading indicators | |
Oddball Indicators The Big Mac index The hemline index The cocktail party theory The R-word index The odd-lot theory The put-call ratio The stock market capitalisation to GDP ratio Tobin's Q ratio | |
Glossary | |
Abbreviations | |
Further Reading | |
Index | |
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