The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators by Richard Yamarone

The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators by Richard Yamarone

A handy reference to understanding key economic indicators and acting on them

New economic data are reported virtually every trading day. Investors, big and small, have to understand how these reports influence their investments, portfolios, and future sources of income. The third edition of The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators examines the most important economic statistics currently used on Wall Street. In a straightforward and accessible style, it tells you exactly what these reports measure and what they really mean.

Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource sheds some much-needed light on theses numbers and data releases and shows you what to look for and how to react to various economic indicators.

• Covers everything from gross domestic product and employment to consumer confidence and spending
• Author Richard Yamarone shares his experience as a former trader, academic, and current Wall Street economist
• Illustrated with instructive graphs and charts that will put you ahead of market curves

Engaging and informative, this book will put you in a better position to make more informed investment decisions, based of some of today's most influential economic indicators.

Richard Yamarone, senior vice president and director of economic research at Argus Research Corporation, has more than two decades of experience on Wall Street, analyzing and researching domestic and international economic trends, monitoring monetary and fiscal policy developments, and forecasting the U.S. macroeconomy. He has consulted monetary and fiscal policymakers, and he serves as an economic adviser to several major U.S. corporations. He has worked for international and domestic money center and investment banks in a variety of senior positions. In addition, he has taught numerous courses on macroeconomics and economic indicators at several colleges and institutions. He has served as president of the prestigious Downtown Economists Club of New York City and is a member of the National Association for Business Economists, the American Economic Association, the New York State Economics Association, and the Money Marketeers of New York University.
At Argus Research, Yamarone is a member of the Investment Policy Committee and is responsible for establishing the firm's top-down economic and interest-rate forecasts, as well as its estimates for monthly economic indicators. He makes frequent appearances on business television and radio shows, and is one of the most quoted economists on the Street today. In 2007, USA Today highlighted Yamarone as one of the top ten economists in the nation.

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ISBN 13	9781118074008
ISBN 10	1118074009
Title	The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators
Author	Richard Yamarone
Series	Bloomberg Financial
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomberg Press
Year published	2012-08-21
Number of pages	320
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