Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Leamer, Edward E. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: Statistics.; Econometrics.; Macroeconomics.; Economic growth.; Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Economic Growth.

This book offers the wisdom and insight regarding the US economy from a well-known and distinguished econometrician who found himself first teaching macro economics to MBAs and then Directing the highly-regarded and widely-quoted UCLA/Anderson Forecast which provides quarterly forecasts for the US e...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: We Are Pattern-Seeking, Story-Telling Animals
• Four Key Variables: Growth, Unemployment, Inflation and Interest Rates
• Gross Domestic Product
• The Components of GDP: C+I+G+X?M
• Employment
• Inflation and Interest Rates
• Extrapolative Forecasting
• A Recession Symptoms
• Unwanted Idleness: Recessions and Recoveries
• Recession Comparison Charts
• Who Struggles and Who Does Well in Recessions?
• B Recession Stories
• Idleness Stories
• Cycle Stories
• C Recession Early Warning Signs
• Clues: Temporal Ordering of Components of GDP
• More Clues: Episodic Forecasting with Components of Conference Board's Index of Leading Indicators
• D Recession Causes
• The Art of Drawing Causal Inferences from Nonexperimental Data
• In Search of Recession Causes
• Expansions: With and Without Spurts
• The Life Cycle of US Expansions: Sputters and Spurts
• The Longer Run: Savings, Investment, Government Borrowing, Foreign Lending and Your Home
• Savings and Investment
• Government
• The External Deficit and the Value of the Dollar Hu's in Charge?
• The Ups and Downs of Real Estate Values: Can You Rely on Your Home To Pay For Your Retirement?.