Economic Indicators
3h 15mGeneral2019-03-25
Authors
Jason Schenker
Economist, Finance Expert, Futurist, Speaker, and Author
Course details
You may not know it, but economic indicators impact your life in a big way. They impact your job, they impact your company, and they impact your investments-including retirement savings. That's why it's important for everyone-business owners, investors, and employees alike-to understand where to find and how to interpret this important data. This course breaks down key economic indicators, from big-picture data like inflation and unemployment, to sector data such as home and auto sales. Economist Jason Schenker explains how each indicator impacts the global economy and your own wallet, and how markets typically react to upward and downward trends. You can use the same easy-to-find online resources to follow along with the latest data. Take five minutes to tune in and get the data you need to make better professional and financial decisions.
Skills covered
Serial (Weekly)Data AnalysisData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and Tools
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome to the course
Economic Indicators Weekly
- 02 - What are economic reports
- 03 - The importance of economic reports
- 04 - Impact on central banks and markets
- 05 - Impact on sectors and companies
- 06 - Impact on jobs and professional opportunities
- 07 - Sector impact on investments
- 08 - What is inflation
- 09 - Consumer price index
- 10 - Macro impact on investments
- 11 - Personal consumption expenditures
- 12 - Pulling inflation indicators together
- 13 - Interest rates and yield curve
- 14 - Producer price index
- 15 - Housing overall
- 16 - MBA mortgage applications
- 17 - S&P Case-Shiller index
- 18 - Housing starts
- 19 - Building permits
- 20 - New home sales
- 21 - GDP overview
- 22 - GDP vs. GNP
- 23 - Construction spending
- 24 - Existing home sales
- 25 - Pending home sales
- 26 - GDP - Consumption
- 27 - What is fiscal policy
- 28 - GDP - Net exports trade
- 29 - GDP - Government spending
- 30 - GDP - Investment
- 31 - GDP - Regional Fed estimates
- 32 - ISM - Manufacturing index
- 33 - ISM - Nonmanufacturing index
- 34 - Regional monthly manufacturing Fed data
- 35 - Consumer confidence
- 36 - Auto sales
- 37 - Industrial production
- 38 - Retail sales
- 39 - Leading indicators
- 40 - IMF quarterly GDP forecasts
- 41 - Monetary policy
- 42 - Employment and jobs report
- 43 - Jobless claims
- 44 - Weekly energy reports
- 45 - German Ifo and Eurozone PMI
- 46 - China PMI
- 47 - Fed decisions and the dot plot
- 48 - Fed press conference and testimony
- 49 - OPEC decisions