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Cornelia J. Strawser

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Description:Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change is a comprehensive and practical collection of data that relects the nation's economic performance since 1929. It provides up to 80 years of annual data in regional, demographic and industrial detail for key indicators such as: * gross domestic product * personal income * spending * saving * employment * unemployment * the capital stock * and more Compiled in the midst of a dramatic downturn in the United States economy, the 14th edition provides an abundance of data enabling the user to understand the background of recent developments and compare today's economy with past history. Of equal importance to the data are the introductory highlights and extensive notes for each chapter that help users to understand the data, use them appropriately, and, if desired, seek additional information from the sources agencies. Business Statistics of the United States provides a rich and deep picture of the American economy and contains approximately 3,500 time series in all. The data are predominately from federal government sources including: * Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve System * Bureau of Economic Analysis * Bureau of Labor Statistics * Census Bureau * Employment and Training Administration * Energy Information Administration * Federal Housing Finance Agency * U.S. Department of the Treasury In addition to updated data, the 14th edition features: * A new series that shows Federal Reserve credit, the "Fed's balance sheet," which expanded to a startling degree in 2008 as the monetary authority used new tools to maintain and expand the flow of credit. * Expanded data covering the Great Depression and World War II. * New tables in Chapter 1 on shares of aggregate supply and final demand. * Data on unemployment rates have been expanded to include three broader measures of labor underutilization calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A few facts found in Business Statistics of the United States * The Consumer Price Index rose 3.5 percent from December 2007 to July 2008, and then fell 3.5 percent from July to December. Food prices rose throughout the year, while energy prices soared and then collapsed. * Sales of cars and light trucks plunged 36 percent from December 2007 to December 2008. For the full year 2008, 13.1 million units were sold, down from the record high of 17.3 million units in 2000 * In 2005, 2.1 million housing units were started, the highest since 1972. By 2008, however, housing starts plunged to the lowest levels of their 50-year history. * The rise in prices of existing homes sold and refinanced ended in 2007, as measured by the total Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index. From the peak in the second quarter of 2007 through the fourth quarter of 2008, prices for this broad category of housing declined 4.6 percent.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Business Statistics of the United States 2010: Patterns of Economic Change. To get started finding Business Statistics of the United States 2010: Patterns of Economic Change, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change is a comprehensive and practical collection of data that relects the nation's economic performance since 1929. It provides up to 80 years of annual data in regional, demographic and industrial detail for key indicators such as: * gross domestic product * personal income * spending * saving * employment * unemployment * the capital stock * and more Compiled in the midst of a dramatic downturn in the United States economy, the 14th edition provides an abundance of data enabling the user to understand the background of recent developments and compare today's economy with past history. Of equal importance to the data are the introductory highlights and extensive notes for each chapter that help users to understand the data, use them appropriately, and, if desired, seek additional information from the sources agencies. Business Statistics of the United States provides a rich and deep picture of the American economy and contains approximately 3,500 time series in all. The data are predominately from federal government sources including: * Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve System * Bureau of Economic Analysis * Bureau of Labor Statistics * Census Bureau * Employment and Training Administration * Energy Information Administration * Federal Housing Finance Agency * U.S. Department of the Treasury In addition to updated data, the 14th edition features: * A new series that shows Federal Reserve credit, the "Fed's balance sheet," which expanded to a startling degree in 2008 as the monetary authority used new tools to maintain and expand the flow of credit. * Expanded data covering the Great Depression and World War II. * New tables in Chapter 1 on shares of aggregate supply and final demand. * Data on unemployment rates have been expanded to include three broader measures of labor underutilization calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A few facts found in Business Statistics of the United States * The Consumer Price Index rose 3.5 percent from December 2007 to July 2008, and then fell 3.5 percent from July to December. Food prices rose throughout the year, while energy prices soared and then collapsed. * Sales of cars and light trucks plunged 36 percent from December 2007 to December 2008. For the full year 2008, 13.1 million units were sold, down from the record high of 17.3 million units in 2000 * In 2005, 2.1 million housing units were started, the highest since 1972. By 2008, however, housing starts plunged to the lowest levels of their 50-year history. * The rise in prices of existing homes sold and refinanced ended in 2007, as measured by the total Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index. From the peak in the second quarter of 2007 through the fourth quarter of 2008, prices for this broad category of housing declined 4.6 percent.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Business Statistics of the United States 2010: Patterns of Economic Change. To get started finding Business Statistics of the United States 2010: Patterns of Economic Change, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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