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Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change is a comprehensive and practical collection of data that reflects the nation's economic performance since 1929. It provides 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. Compiled in the midst of a dramatic downturn in the United States economy, the 14th Edition provides an abundance of data enabling the user to understand the background of recent developments and compare today's economy with past history. Of equal importance to the data are the introductory highlights and extensive notes for each chapter that help users to understand the data, use them appropriately, and, if desired, seek additional information from the sources agencies. Business Statistics of the United States provides a rich and deep picture of the American economy and contains approximately 3,500 time series in all. The data are predominately from federal government sources including: Board of Governors of The Federal Reserve System Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Labor Statistics Census Bureau Employment and Training Administration Energy Information Administration Federal Housing Finance Agency U.S. Department of the Treasury New to the 14th Edition In addition to updated data this edition includes: Expanded data covering the Great Depression and World War II. A new series showing total Federal Reserve asset holdings (the Fed's balance sheet, ), which expanded to a startling degree in 2008 as the monetary authority used new tools to maintain and expand the flow of credit. New tables on shares of aggregate supply and final demand. Data on unemployment rates have been expanded to include three broader measures of labor underutilization calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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In addition to the richness of the data, a considerable strength of this work is the explanatory information appearing throughout the volume... Business Statistics of the United States will be an important resources for students, scholars, practitioners, and consumers to understand the historical implications of the current recession we are in. American Reference Books Annual, February, 2010

In addition to the richness of the data, a considerable strength of this work is the explanatory information appearing throughout the volume! Business Statistics of the United States will be an important resources for students, scholars, practitioners, and consumers to understand the historical implications of the current recession we are in. American Reference Books Annual, February, 2010

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Cornelia J. Strawser is the senior economic consultant to Bernan Press. She edited the seventh through thirteenth 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 Ph.D. from George Washington University, both in economics.

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