Use of Economic Statistics

List of contents

Preface. Warning 1. Production and Employment in the Cotton Industry Since the War 2. The Slump in the Motor Industry, 1956-7 3. How Much Have Prices Risen Since Before the War? 4. Changes in Incomes 5. The Social Accounts 6. Who Saves and Invests? 7. United Kingdom Transactions with the Rest of the World 8. International Comparisons of Income and Output 9. Trend and Seasonal Movements in Fruit and Vegetable Prices 10. The Productivity of British Industries 11. The Dependence of the United Kingdom Economy upon Imports 12. Fluctuations in American Business Activity, 1947-58. Reference Table of United Kingdom Economic Statistics

About the author

Blyth, Conrad

Summary

Originally published in 1960 and 1966. This is an elementary introduction to the sources of economic statistics and their uses in answering economic questions. No mathematical knowledge is assumed, and no mathematical symbols are used.

Product details

• Authors: C. A. Blyth, Conrad Blyth, Blyth Conrad
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780815351009
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5100-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Econometrics; Routledge Library Editions: Econometrics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic statistics, Econometrics and economic statistics