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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809801403321

Autore

Frumkin Norman

Titolo

Tracking America's economy / / Norman Frumkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-45349-2

1-317-45350-6

0-7656-1241-0

1-315-69865-X

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

338.5/44/0973

338.5440973

Soggetti

Economic forecasting - United States

Economic indicators - United States

United States Economic policy 1981-1993

United States Economic policy 1993-2001

United States Economic policy 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Attributes of economic indicators -- 2. Framework for macroeconomic analysis and policies -- 3. Economic growth -- 4. Household income, saving, and expenditures -- 5. Business profits, nonresidential investment, and housing -- 6. Government -- 7. The United States in the world economy -- 8. Employment, worker income, and employer costs -- 9. Unemployment -- 10. Productivity -- 11.  Inflation and deflation -- 12. Finance -- 13. Leading indicator system -- 14. Noneconomic intangibles.

Sommario/riassunto

This completely revised and updated edition of Norman Frumkin's acclaimed work offers vital information for the urgent growing debate on the state of the nation's economy. Frumkin makes complex ideas and statistical data accessible to people without special training in economics. His goal in this book is to provide a better understanding of the performance of the American economy, and a basis for evaluating proposals intended to influence its future course. Using data current



through the first half of 2003, Frumkin focuses on the meaning and use of a wide array of indicators of economic growth