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Ahead of the curve : a commonsense guide to forecasting business and market cycles / Joseph H. Ellis.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2005.Description: xxiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1591396913
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB3730 .E55
Contents:
Part 1. "Seeing" The Economy - creating order from chaos Chapter 1. Seeing around economic corners -- Chapter 2. Making sense of the economy -- Chapter 3. Redefining economic downturns -- Chapter 4. An antidote for the recession obsession -- Chapter 5. Smart economic tracking : getting the noise out -- Chapter 6. The nature of leading indicators -- Part 2. Consumer Spending : The cornerstone of the economy and the stock market Chapter 7. Consumer spending drives the demand chain in the economy -- Chapter 8. Consumer spending, corporate profits, and the stock market -- Part 3. Forecasting Consumer Spending : understanding the key indicator relationships Chapter 9. Forecasting consumer spending : numbers, not psychology -- Chapter 10. Real earnings : the powerhouse of the economy -- Chapter 11. Employment and unemployment : the economy's deceptive laggard -- Chapter 12. Interest rates, inflation, and the economic cycle -- Chapter 13. Interest rates and the stock market : a concerned look forward -- Chapter 14. The link between federal deficits and interest rates - Part IV : From Theory to Practice : applying the charting discipline to your own forecasting Chapter 15.Forecasting for your own industry or company -- Chapter 16. Making economics happen -- Credit : consumer spending's swing factor -- Does charting economic cause and effect work outside the United States? -- Major industry data series --
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1. "Seeing" The Economy - creating order from chaos
Chapter 1. Seeing around economic corners --
Chapter 2. Making sense of the economy --
Chapter 3. Redefining economic downturns --
Chapter 4. An antidote for the recession obsession --
Chapter 5. Smart economic tracking : getting the noise out --
Chapter 6. The nature of leading indicators --

Part 2. Consumer Spending : The cornerstone of the economy and the stock market
Chapter 7. Consumer spending drives the demand chain in the economy --
Chapter 8. Consumer spending, corporate profits, and the stock market --

Part 3. Forecasting Consumer Spending : understanding the key indicator relationships
Chapter 9. Forecasting consumer spending : numbers, not psychology --
Chapter 10. Real earnings : the powerhouse of the economy --
Chapter 11. Employment and unemployment : the economy's deceptive laggard --
Chapter 12. Interest rates, inflation, and the economic cycle --
Chapter 13. Interest rates and the stock market : a concerned look forward --
Chapter 14. The link between federal deficits and interest rates -
Part IV : From Theory to Practice : applying the charting discipline to your own forecasting
Chapter 15.Forecasting for your own industry or company --
Chapter 16. Making economics happen --
Credit : consumer spending's swing factor --
Does charting economic cause and effect work outside the United States? --
Major industry data series --

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