Understanding China's Economic Indicators: Translating the Data into Investment Opportunities: Translating the Data into Investment Opportunities (paperback) - Brossura

Orlik, Tom

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ISBN 10: 0134211537 ISBN 13: 9780134211534

Casa editrice: Ft Pr, 2015

Riassunto

As China has emerged as a central player in the global economy, more and more investors are seeking profitable opportunities there. To choose the right investments, it's crucial to understand China's economic environmentand that means finding, interpreting, and utilizing China's growing base of economic indicators. In this book, leading economist and market analyst Thomas M. Orlik introduces 35 of China's most significant economic statistics. Orlik explains why each indicator matters, how it is collected and computed, and its impact on equity, commodity, and currency markets.

 

Orlik helps investors make sense of data on everything from Chinese GDP growth to inflation, unemployment, bond yields, electricity production, and aircraft passenger numbers. He draws on the best information supplied by the Chinese government's statistical agency, ministries, and industry associations, as well as private sources. Each indicator is clearly described, along with a practical discussion of its implications for investors.

As China has emerged as a central player in the global economy, more and more investors are seeking profitable opportunities there. To choose the right investments, it's crucial to understand China's economic environmentand that means finding, interpreting, and utilizing China's growing base of economic indicators. In this book, leading economist and market analyst Thomas M. Orlik introduces 35 of China's most significant economic statistics. Orlik explains why each indicator matters, how it is collected and computed, and its impact on equity, commodity, and currency markets.

 

Orlik helps investors make sense of data on everything from Chinese GDP growth to inflation, unemployment, bond yields, electricity production, and aircraft passenger numbers. He draws on the best information supplied by the Chinese government's statistical agency, ministries, and industry associations, as well as private sources. Each indicator is clearly described, along with a practical discussion of its implications for investors.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Tom Orlik is a China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, where he writes the Heard on the Street column. Prior to joining the Journal, he worked for Stone & McCarthy Research Associates as an economist, briefing investors on Chinas macroeconomic data. Before coming to China, Orlik worked for the British Treasury, including as a speechwriter for the Deputy Finance Minister, advisor to the UK Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, and on secondment to the European Commission in Brussels. He has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvards Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelors in English from University College London. His work on the Chinese economy has been published by the Far Eastern Economic Review, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and the South China Morning Post. The head of Chinas National Bureau of Statistics Ma Jiantang made Orliks essay on the quality of Chinas economic data required reading for the entire staff of the statistical system.

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The Investors Guide to Chinas Economic Statistics: How to Discover, Interpret, and Profit from Them

 

Which numbers can you trust and what do they really mean? Detailed coverage of 35 key indicatorsand their impact on equity, commodity, and currency markets

 

This expert guide to Chinas economic statistics gives you the up-to-the-minute knowledge you need to invest more profitably in China. The only book of its kind, it fills a pent-up demand for tradable information on Chinas growth, inflation, investment, consumption, labor market, and financial data.

 

Tom Orlik identifies the indicators that matter mostranging from gross domestic product to real estate construction, imports and exports to household spending and inflation. He explains everything investors need to know about their reliabilityand drills down to reveal their specific implications for the markets.

 

Unprecedented in its clarity, depth, and insight, Understanding Chinas Economic Indicators is an essential resource for every professional and individual investor seeking profits in the worlds fastest-growing, fastest-changing economy.

 

China moves the markets. Making the right investment decisions means understanding Chinas economyand that means understanding Chinas economic indicators. In this book, leading economist and market analyst Tom Orlik introduces 35 of Chinas most significant economic data series, explaining why each one matters, how it is collected and computed, and how it impacts equity, commodity, and currency markets.

 

Orlik helps investors make sense of data on everything from Chinese GDP growth to inflation, unemployment, bond yields, electricity production, and aircraft passenger numbers. Every indicator is clearly described, along with a practical discussion of its investment implications.

 

This information is indispensable for anyone considering investments in China, or in the global markets that are moved by Chinas data. Never
before has it been organized so effectivelyor presented with such clarity and insight.

 

Finding the wheat and filtering out the chaff

Identifying the statistics that are worth your time and trust

 

Overheated growth or sustainable development

Measuring Chinas output and its impact on the markets

 

Income, savings, and household consumption

Are Chinas low-wage consumers daring to spend?

 

From T-shirts to iPads: exports, imports, and trade surpluses

Shifting trade balances and their impact on exchange rates

 

Trends in lending, money supply, and growth

Recognizing turning points in economic growth and equity markets

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Ft Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0134211537
• ISBN 13: 9780134211534
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 249
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile