The traders guide to the euro area : economic indicators, the ECB and the euro crisis /

• Main Author: Powell, David, 1980-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, Bloomberg Press, [2013]
• Series: Bloomberg financial series.
• Subjects: Investments > European Union countries.; Eurozone.; Finance > European Union countries.; Financial crises > European Union countries.; Economic indicators > European Union countries.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.; Economic history.; Economic indicators.; Finance.; Financial crises.; Investments.; European Union countries > Economic conditions.; Europe > European Union countries.; Electronic books.

Euro area remains in a state of flux and appears to be unsustainable in its present form. The outcome of the crisis may be unknown for years and a judgement on the project's success or failure may be out of reach for decades. In the meantime, analysts, portfolio managers and traders will still...

Table of Contents:

• Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Gross Domestic Product; The Expenditure Approach; The Output Method; The Income Method; GNP vs. GDP; Release Schedule; Trend Growth; The Business Cycle; Monetary Conditions Index; Effects of Monetary Policy on GDP; Effects of the Exchange Rate on GDP; Exchange-Rate Deflators; Chapter 3: Coincident Indicators; PMI Surveys; Industrial Production; Chapter 4: Leading Indicators; Financial Conditions Index; The U.S. Business Cycle; ZEW Survey; Ifo Survey; M1 Money Supply Growth; Chapter 5: Inflation Measures
• Consumer Price IndexProducer Price Index; Labor Costs; Money Supply; Inflation Expectations; Chapter 6: The European Central Bank; Traffic Light System; Mandate; Two-Pillar Strategy; Monetary Policy Implementation; Intervention in the Currency Markets; Taylor Rule; Chapter 7: Other Institutions; Council of the European Union; European Parliament; European Commission; Ecofin; Eurogroup; European Council; Chapter 8: Euro Crisis; Origins; Optimal Currency Area Theory; Fiscal Consolidation; Quantitative and Qualitative Easing; Government Bond Purchases; Measures of National Solvency
• Target2 BalancesResolution; Departure from the Euro Area; Tools for Analyzing Debt Sustainability; Chapter 9: Germany; Labor Market; Political Institutions; Political Parties; Chapter 10: France; Chapter 11: United Kingdom; The Bank of England; Quantitative Easing; GDP; Inflation Measures; House Prices; Political Institutions; Chapter 12: Switzerland; The Swiss National Bank; KOF Leading Indicator; Chapter 13: Sweden; Chapter 14: Norway; Bibliography; Index