Common Economic Indicator
--> CPI
--> GDP
--> IFO Business Climate Survey, IFO
--> Non-farm Payroll
--> PPI
--> Tankan Survey
This is one of the common measures on consumer activities which produced by the non-profit business group Conference Board since 1985.
http://www.conference-board.org/economics/ConsumerConfidence.cfm
Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a common measure to gauge price level by examining the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services. However, since such calculation does not consider the shift of consumer's attitude regarding to change in relative price level, therefore some policy makers refer to other price indicators, such as Price index of Personal Consumption Expenditure.
It is known as the U.S. policy rate at which private depository institutions lend the balances (Fed Funds) at Federal Reserve to other depository institutions so as to compliant with regulations.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a given time period. Simply put, we can consider it is one of the measures of national income and output.
http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm
IFO Business Climate Survey, IFO
Similar to Tankan survey, IFO is another business sentiment survey of Germany, the largest economy in Euro-zone, on monthly basis. Consequently, the German IFO is a significant economic health indicator for the Euro-zone as a whole.
http://www.ifo.de/portal/page/portal/ifoHome/a-winfo/d1index/10indexgsk
This report is issued by the U.S. Department of Labor on a weekly basis, which measures the number of jobless claims filed by individual seeking to receive jobless insurance. Compared to Unemployment rate, this is a more frequent report of labor market.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm
To be more precise, it is the Purchasing Managers' Index within Manufacturing ISM Report on Business which is tracking the health of the manufacturing sector in US by analyzing five major aspects: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries and the employment environment. Generally speaking, index over 50 means expansion in the sector, and vice versa. A counterpart index – ISM Non-manufacturing is also tracking the development of services industry.
http://www.ism.ws/ISMReport/?navItemNumber=4892
Unlike the figures focused on unemployment, Non-farm Payroll is more concentrated on jobs creation. It is compiled by US Bureau of Labor Statistics and represents the total number of paid US workers of any business; the difference between monthly figures implies job creation.
Producer Price Index (PPI) is a measure of average changes in prices received by domestic producers.
This is a quarter economic outlook survey of Japanese businesses issued by Bank of Japan. Positive reading means the business with upbeat sentiment outnumbers the businesses with negative outlook, and vice versa.
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/theme/research/stat/tk/index.htm
It is one of the common measure of labor market which indicates the percentage of the total labor force that is unemployed but willing to work.
Unemployment Rate = Unemployed Workers / Total Labor Force
http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS14000000
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