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Economic Analysis
Chapter 3
Economic analysis..
8. Disposable personal income and per capital real GNP 9.Surveys of intentions of people 10Economy in which economic decisions are made ( decentralized / centralized) 12. Money supply 11.Cyclical indicators timing and economic process
1.Leading indicators
The leading indicators are those time series of data that historically reach their high points ( peaks) or their low points ( troughs) in advance of total economic activity
1.Average weekly hours of production workers ( manufacturing) 2.Average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance 3.Manaufactures new orders ( consumer goods and material industries) 4.Vendor performance 5.Contracts and orders for plant and equipment 6.New private housing units authorized by local building permits