The Economist Guide To Economic Indicators

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It is even more essential in business and many professions today than in the past to have a thorough understanding of economic information. Written for the non-specialist this highly accessible guide provides the keys to understanding all the major and many lesser economic what they are the areas they cover their reliability and how and why to interpret them. It contains chapters GDP (Gross Domestic Product) GNP (Gross National Product) and GNI (Gross National Income)Growth trends and cyclesPopulation employment unemploymentGovernmentConsumersInvestment and savingsIndustry and commerceBalance of paymentsExchange ratesMoney and financial marketsNow in its seventh edition this fully updated revised guide is invaluable for anyone who needs or simply wants to have the underlying economic realities of the world we live in clearly explained.