chapter 11

Fundamental Analysis and Data Releases

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This chapter highlights the important data surveys of the United States, the United Kingdom and other world economies which directly or indirectly affect their respective economies and in turn other parts of the world due to their global linkages. The contents of this chapter are organized in the following order:

 

1. Employment Data

2. Inflation Data

3. Activity-related Variables

4. Leading Indicators

5. External Sector

6. Other Data Releases

7. Some International Indicators

EMPLOYMENT DATA

Jobless Claims

Date of release Weekly
Time of release 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Covers Previous week’s data
Released by US Department of Labor
Market importance Very ...

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