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The Motley Fool
September 20, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Understanding Economic Data: New-Home Construction Investors, by looking at data on new-home construction, you can learn how homebuilders are reacting to changing conditions in the real estate market and draw valuable conclusions that can assist you in making your own decisions about housing.   |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: GDP GDP is widely considered to be the mother of all economic indicators. As the primary indicator of economic activity, GDP is the main feedback mechanism economic policymakers use when determining the paths they aim to follow. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Leading Economic Indicators By looking at the LEI index, you can make appropriate investment decisions and predict how prevailing economic trends are likely to affect you. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
J. Graham |
Hunting for a Bear When the market tumbles, don't run and hide. Opportunity knocks. Bear markets can often offer good companies at great prices. |
BusinessWeek
December 4, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: The Housing Grinch Won't Steal Christmas Wallets are open, and even the outlook for home sales is improving. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
James Mehring |
Growth: More Than Meets The Eye While real gross domestic product, the popular gauge of economic growth, is slumping, another measure of economic activity called gross domestic income remains strong. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Construction Spending By using the Census Bureau's construction spending report, you can identify trends and countertrends in construction and use your conclusions to improve your understanding of the overall economy and to inform your personal investment decisions. |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Is The Housing Recession Starting To Recede? The drag on economic growth is easing, and home demand is firming up. |
AskMen.com
November 23, 2003
Dan Carter |
Understanding Economic Indicators The numbers, obtained through simple or complex methods depending on the indicator, paint a picture of the strength of a nation's economy. Of course, they are not meant to stand alone -- they require some logical interpretation as well. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
James Mehring |
Housing: The Best Indicators Of A Rebound According to some housing indicators, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for homebuilders, but that cautious optimism comes with caveats. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2006
Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- The (Still) Coming Slowdown U.S. economic growth won't finally 'buckle' until lenders cut back on 'foolish' home loans. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Durable Goods Basic knowledge can help you comprehend releases of economic data. By identifying and recognizing trends in manufacturing activity, you can better predict economic conditions and use your knowledge of the economy to inform your investment decisions. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Picking Up The Slack From Housing Capital spending should contribute strongly to second-half growth. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Consumer Confidence By observing consumer behavior, you can keep your finger on the pulse of the overall economy and see the true effect of government and corporate actions on the average person. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Somnath Basu |
Will The Economy Double-Dip? Other than the stock market, most indicators reflect a trough, not the early stages of a growth cycle. Here's what advisors should watch for. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- How to Spot the Coming Recovery A reversal of the credit crunch and an increase in the inventory/sales ratio will be early indicators that the economy is getting back on track. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Get Ready To Exhale: The Slowdown May Be Ending A pickup in manufacturing signals stronger growth is on the way for the economy. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2009
Donna Mitchell |
A Brighter Outlook Advisors' confidence in the economy and the stock market improved in May, to a reading of 100.48 -- up nearly seven points from 93.59 in April. |
BusinessWeek
April 5, 2004
Peter Coy |
GDP Growth: Are The Numbers Too Rosy? Forget faulty jobs data. An overstated GDP may help explain the economic reality gap |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2006
David A. Twibell |
Read the Economy Financial advisors know that forecasting economic growth (or lack thereof) is always tricky. Understanding how the major economic indicators work can help improve your chances. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2008
Tim Callen |
What Is Gross Domestic Product? Economists use many acronyms. One of the most common is GDP, which stands for gross domestic product. A concise explanation of GDP. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Business Slowdown? Don't Count On It With profits strong and inventories down, capital spending should rally. |
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Don't Count Consumers Out Just Yet With the economy showing continued momentum outside of consumer spending and with the growth in consumer outlays set to improve markedly this quarter, last quarter's slowdown in GDP growth will not likely be an ill omen for the first half of 2006. |
Entrepreneur
February 2005
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
At Your Service The U.S. Census Bureau's new quarterly survey of service-industry activity will give businesses information to monitor industry trends, make hiring decisions and develop immediate operational strategies. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Housing's Health Meter Is Near Empty This table provides a quick scan of the key metrics that indicate -- and quantify -- whether the housing market is still sliding, has reached a direction-changing point, or appears to be recovering. |
BusinessWeek
December 12, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Why Economic Growth Is Galloping Consumers and businesses have lots to spend as they get financially stronger. |
BusinessWeek
September 4, 2006
James C. Cooper |
Housing: The Roof Won't Collapse On The U.S. Economy As builders adjust their inventories, other sectors will offer plenty of support. |
U.S. Banker
August 2004 |
Consumers Feeling Queasy, But Still Spending Despite a recession, a bear market, the 9/11 attacks and two wars-all of which have roiled consumer confidence-spending has grown steadily. |
Information Today
August 27, 2012 |
Census Bureau Mobile App Now Available for iPhone and iPad The America's Economy mobile app provides updated statistics on the U.S. economy, including monthly economic indicators and economic trends. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Morgan Housel |
GDP Growth Revised Way Down: What Should You Make of It? Second-quarter GDP growth was revised down to 1.6%, from the initially reported 2.4%. This sounds god-awful, like we're on the brink of a double-dip recession. And maybe we are. But this revision isn't as bad as it might seem. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why Now Is the Right Time to Buy If you don't, you'll miss the biggest gains. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2006
Brian Lawler |
Why the Big Deal About GDP? Gross domestic product gets a lot of attention, but other numbers matter, too. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2010
Morgan Housel |
So Long, Recession The organization tasked with dating the start and end of recessions -- the National Bureau of Economic Research -- has officially laid our recent one to rest. Actually, it says the recession ended over a year ago, in June 2009. |
Entrepreneur
December 2003
Steve Cooper |
A Happy New Year? Experts weigh in on whether 2004 will be the year the economy turns around. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Could It Be? Is the U.S. Still Growing? Get the lowdown on the big news and what it means for your portfolio. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its "advanced" estimate for third-quarter gross domestic product today. GDP growth clocked in at 2.5% after creeping along at a lackluster 1.3% rate in the second quarter. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Dan Sullivan |
Confidence Builder When you have confidence as a daily resource, entrepreneurs can learn anything, respond to anything, adjust to anything, and achieve anything. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2010
Morgan Housel |
An Ominous Sign for Recovery? Many people are wondering what yesterday's miserable consumer confidence report says about the future. As consumer confidence tanks, the thinking goes, so do our chances of an economic recovery. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2012
Sean Williams |
I Call Shenanigans on This Economic Indicator Don't believe everything an indicator tells you! Although we have the highest level of optimism among homebuilders since June 2007, I'm still going to call shenanigans on this indicator. |
Inc.
December 2007
Joseph H. Ellis |
Understanding the Economy People worry that a recession is coming. But by the time one arrives, most economic harm has already happened. |
Managed Care
February 2002 |
Hospital costs lead way in health care expenditures The share of the gross domestic product attributed to health care increased slightly more than overall GDP growth from 1999 to 2000 -- the first time that's happened in nine years... |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Economic Recovery Begins in Your Pants What can underwear tell you about the health of the economy? |
U.S. Banker
March 2011
Dana Johnson |
Recovery Transitions to Tepid Expansion Six quarters after the business cycle trough, some but not all of the major imbalances in the economy have been repaired. |
Information Today
March 28, 2011
Barbie E. Keiser |
U.S. Census Bureau to Eliminate Strategic Publications Including Statistical Abstracts All budget decisions are difficult choices, but we wonder whether anyone in the U.S. government understands why Statistical Abstracts and Current Industrial Reports are precisely the resources that should not be eliminated? |
Information Today
March 12, 2007
Paula J. Hane |
Data-Planet Provides Value-Added Aggregation of Statistical Data Conquest Systems, Inc. has introduced Data-Planet, a new Web-based service that aggregates current and historical public statistical data from many U.S. federal agencies as well as data from nongovernment organizations. |
