Trading the Fundamentals : The Trader's Complete Guide to Interpreting Economic Indicators and Monetary Policy Book

	List of Figures
	Preface
Sect. 1	Analyzing Business Conditions	1
1	Understanding Economic Indicators	3
2	Business Inventories and Sales	11
3	Car and Truck Sales	17
4	Construction Expenditures	23
5	Consumer Confidence Measures	27
6	Consumer Credit	35
7	Consumer Price Index	39
8	Durable Goods Orders and Shipments	47
9	Employment Report	53
10	Employment Cost Index	67
11	Federal Budget	73
12	Gross Domestic Product	79
13	Home Sales: New One-Family and Existing	93
14	Housing Starts and Building Permits	99
15	Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization	105
16	Leading Economic Indicator	115
17	Manufacturing Orders, Inventories, and Shipments	121
18	Merchandise Trade	127
19	NAPM Purchasing Managers' Index	133
20	Personal Income and Consumption	151
21	Producer Price Index	159
22	Retail Sales	167
23	Unemployment Insurance Claims	175
Sect. 2	The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury	181
24	Overview	183
25	The Monetary Aggregates	185
26	Monetary Policy: The Decision-Making Process	197
27	Implementing Monetary Policy Directives: Open Market Operations	205
28	Treasury Financing	233
	Appendices	239
	Appendix 1: U.S. Business Cycle Turning Point Dates	241
	Appendix 2: Consumer Inflation Cycle	243
	Appendix 3: Commodity Prices Indexes	245
	Appendix 4: Prime Rate History	249
	Appendix 5: Discount Rate History	251
	Index	253