unit 11
All of the following are coincident indicators except... changes in durable goods inventories. trade sales. Personal income. retail employment.
changes in durable goods inventories. this is a leading economic indicator. trade sales, retail employment, and personal income are all coincident indicators.
several months of slow economic growth and rising unemployment have characterized the economy. market analysis would describe this as a period of...
stagnation. stagnation is defined as prolonged periods of slow or little economic growth accompanied by high unemployment.
stagnation in the economy can be associated with...
Hi unemployment. economic stagnation refers to prolonged periods of slow or little economic growth, unusually accompanied by high unemployment.
which of the following is a leading indicator? New orders for consumer goods. wages. Gross domestic product. corporate profits.
New orders for consumer goods. this is a leading indicator, for telling future economic activity. wages and gross domestic product are coincident indicators corporate profits are lagging indicators.
The monthly unemployment figure is considered a...
coincident indicator.
six items classified as lagging economic indicators...
corporate profits. average duration of unemployment. Labor cost per unit of output. ratio of inventories to sales. commercial and industrial loans outstanding. ratio of consumer installment credit to personal income.
an economic indicator that tends to change direction following a change in direction of GDP is a...
lagging indicator.
an analyst is trying to determine upcoming economic activity to better determine her recommended investment strategy. she would be most interested in... liking indicators. leading indicators. coincident indicators. coterminous indicators.
leading indicators. when someone wants to know what future economic activities may be, she would be most interested in leading indicators. these indicators move in advance of economic activity. coincident indicators move along with economic activity, and lagging indicators follow economic activity there's no such thing as coterminous indicator.
10 items that are considered leading indicators...
money supply. building permits. average weekly initial claims for state unemployment compensation. average work week in manufacturing. New orders for consumer goods. machine tool orders. changes in inventories of durable goods. changes in sensitive materials prices. stock prices. changes in business and consumer borrowing.
seven indicators classified as coincident economic indicators...
number of hours worked. employment levels. non-agricultural employment. Personal income. industrial production. manufacturing and trade sales. GDP
All of the following are leading indicators except... stock prices. Personal income. The money supply. New orders.
personal income. The money supply, new orders, and stock prices are all leading indicators. these increase in advance to an increase in economic activity. Personal income, however, is a coincident indicator moving along with economic activity.
increasing cost of goods and services and high unemployment are characteristics of...
stagflation. starflation is a rare occurrence where the economy is contracting and income is dropping but prices are still rising.
The nation is experiencing rapid increase in the cost of living, but wages are not keeping pays with the increase in costs. The nation is experiencing...
stagflation. when prices are increasing but the economy is not growing, it is stagflation
