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Business Statistics of the United States 2012: Patterns of Economic Change 17th Edition
Author(s): Cornelia J. Strawser
- Publisher: Bernan Press
- Publication Date: 2 Nov. 2012
- Edition: 17th
- Language: English
- Print length: 672 pages
- ISBN-10: 1598885286
- ISBN-13: 9781598885286
Book Description
Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data relevant to the nation’s economic performance since World War II. The 17th Edition provides over 80 years of annual data in regional, demographic, and industrial detail for key indicators such as gross domestic product, personal income, spending, saving, employment, unemployment, the capital stock, and more. This publication far surpasses the Economic Report of the President in providing historical data and valuable information about definitions, sources, methods, and current statistical controversies that are essential for understanding and comparing economic measures.
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Review
This important compilation of statistical data for the US economy from 1929 to 2011 contains a preface and introductory articles presenting succinct, encyclopedic explanations of business cycles and of analytical techniques for growth and productivity, along with an overview of the US economy from 1929 through 1948. The 17th edition (9th ed., CH, Sep’04, 42-0042) is organized into three sections. Part A, “The U.S. Economy,” features chapters titled “National Income and Product,” “Consumer Income and Spending,” “Prices,” “Energy,” and “International Comparisons,” among others. Part B, “Industry Profiles,” has four chapters: “Industry Definition and Structure,” “Product and Income by Industry,” “Employment, Hours, and Earnings by NAICS Industry,” and “Key Sector Statistics.” Part C is titled “Regional and State Data.” The time-series entries generally provide recent data followed by historical data presented in a monthly or quarterly format. The approximately 3,500 economic time series included were compiled almost exclusively from federal government data sources, such as the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, and may be reproduced freely. Government data sources are identified in the “General Notes” section, and contact information includes Web addresses. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Academic library business collections supporting lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. CHOICE
About the Author
Cornelia J. Strawser, PhD, is the senior economic consultant to Bernan Press. She edited the seventh through sixteenth editions and was the co-editor of two previous editions of Business Statistics. She was co-editor of Foreign Trade of the United States, 2001, and also worked on the Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics. She was formerly a senior economist for the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee and has also served at the Senate Budget Committee, at the Congressional Budget Office, and on the Federal Reserve Board staff. Her initial experience consisted of compiling and analyzing the Board’s Index of Industrial Production. In subsequent positions, she specialized in critical analysis of incoming economic data and advice to policy makers on subjects such as the interpretation of the position of the economy relative to the business cycle, the interactions between monetary and fiscal policy and the economy, and issues of income growth, income distribution, and poverty. Currently, she continually monitors the press and new government data releases in order to keep Business Statistics up to date and relevant, and also on occasion contributes corrections of mis-stated economic data to major daily newspapers. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a PhD from George Washington University, both in economics.
