Using economic indicators in analysing financial markets

Economic indicators provide invaluable insights into how different economies and financial markets are performing, enabling practitioners to adjust their investment strategies in order to gain knowledge about markets and to achieve higher returns. However, in order to make the right decisions, you m...

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Main Author Krampen, Bernd (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781804553268
DOI10.1108/9781804553244
Physical Description1 online resource (264 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: On the pulse of the economy - listen to the signals!
  • Chapter 1. Procedure for the economic cycle analysis-challenges and purposes of market analysis and forecasts
  • Chapter 2. Toolbox of economic indicators - interdependencies, time horizon, best signaller, us dominance
  • Part II: Short-term economic assessments - brevity is the spice!
  • Chapter 3. USUA: This is where the music plays! Schedule, GDP growth, business surveys, labour market, manufacturing, consumption, real estate, other macro data, prices
  • Chapter 4. Asia: China and Japan provide additional market impulses! Schedule, GDP growth, business surveys
  • Chapter 5. Europe & Germany: The domestic market remains relevant for us! Schedule, GDP growth, business surveys-using economic indicators in analysing financial markets - with a focus on us data
  • Part III: Medium- and long-term economic trends - a lot of ideas!
  • Chapter 6. Growth contributions to quarterly GDP growth: Slowly approaching the goal -consumption, structures, equipment, residential, inventory, net exports, government
  • Chapter 7. Longer term growth and inflation estimates: Leading indicators show direction - sentiment surveys, economic data, market indicators, commodities, inflation indicators
  • Chapter 8. The "cream of the crop" of economic cycle analysis: Correctly predicting a recession - recession indicators, market indicators, sentiment surveys, economic data
  • Part IV: It's the people who matter - sentiment and psychology play a decisive role
  • Chapter 9. Sentiment surveys - the nahb Index with a special focus on the subprime crisis - special features, sentiment surveys, housing prices, starts and permits
  • Chapter 10. Psychology as a factor on the financial markets not to be underestimated interdependencies, coping with information, prospect theory, psychological needs, parties
  • Chapter 11. Conclusion.