Economic Indicators
Why are economic statistics and business cycle indicators important to
the average citizen? Access The Conference Board's Business
Cycle Indicators page and click on the link "Economic Indicators: Why
Do They Matter?" - A Flash Demo
How do we know toward which phase of the business cycle we are heading?
Access Business
Cycle Indicators to determine what types of economic indicators are
used to analyze the business cycle.
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What is the purpose of business cycle indicators?
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What are the three types (categories) of business cycle indicators?
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Which type of indicators tell us which phase of the business cycle we are
currently operating in?
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Which type of indicators tell us which phase of the business cycle we are
heading toward?
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Which type of indicators verify that what has happened with U.S. economy?
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Each type of business cycle indicator has various components. Access Composite
Indexes web page. List the names of two different indicators from each
category of indicators.
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Access the Conference
Board's press release that discusses the most recent economic incidators.
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What happened to the composite index for each of the business cycle indicators
(i.e., did they increase or decresae)?
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What does each of these changes (increases or decreases) mean?
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Which of the specific statistics in each composite indicator increased?
Which decreased?
Last updated October 14, 2004
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