Economic Indicators

Learn how to find and interpret data about key economic indicators, such as unemployment, GDP, and home sales, in order to make better professional and financial decisions.

Introduction

• Welcome to the course

Economic Indicators Weekly

• What are economic reports?
• The importance of economic reports
• Impact on central banks and markets
• Impact on sectors and companies
• Impact on jobs and professional opportunities
• Sector impact on investments
• What is inflation?
• Consumer price index
• Macro impact on investments
• Personal consumption expenditures
• Pulling inflation indicators together
• Interest rates and yield curve
• Producer price index
• Housing overall
• MBA mortgage applications
• S&P Case-Shiller index
• Housing starts
• Building permits
• New home sales
• GDP overview
• GDP vs. GNP
• Construction spending
• Existing home sales
• Pending home sales
• GDP: Consumption
• What is fiscal policy?
• GDP: Net exports/trade
• GDP: Government spending
• GDP: Investment
• GDP: Regional Fed estimates
• ISM: Manufacturing index
• ISM: Nonmanufacturing index
• Regional monthly manufacturing Fed data
• Consumer confidence
• Auto sales
• Industrial production
• Retail sales
• Leading indicators
• IMF quarterly GDP forecasts
• Monetary policy
• Employment and jobs report
• Jobless claims
• Weekly energy reports
• German Ifo and Eurozone PMI
• China PMI
• Fed decisions and the dot plot
• Fed press conference and testimony
• OPEC decisions