日前买了《经济指标解读》（The Secrets of Economic Indicators）这本书，书中解释了多个常用的美国经济指标（很多指标国内并没有，但如果你上美国的财经类网站就会经常见到了），并揭示了这些指标所代表的经济趋势，对于经济和金融学入门者来说，是相当好的工具书，但中译本有一个缺陷，就是翻译指标名称时并未同时给出其英文原文或缩写，这样对于英文不大灵光的人，在查阅国外资料时很难将中文和英文一一对照上，看来只有“自力更生，丰衣足食”了:wink:
- 就业形势：Employment Situation
- 周度失业救济申请：Weekly Claims for Unemployment Insurance
- 招聘广告指数：Help-Wanted Advertising Index
- 企业裁员公告：Corporate Layoff Announcements
- 大规模裁员统计：Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS)
- 个人收入与支出：Personal Income and Spending
- 零售额：Retail Sales
- 电子商务零售额：E-Commerce Retail Sales
- 连锁店周度销售额：Weekly Chain Store Sales
- 消费者未偿付信贷：Consumer Credit Outstanding
- 剑桥消费者信贷指数：Cambridge Consumer Credit Index
- 消费者信心指数：Consumer Confidence Index (Conference Board)
- 消费者情绪调查：Survey of Consumer Sentiment (University of Michigan)
- 美国广播公司新闻/财经杂志消费者舒适度指数：ABC News/Money Magazine Consumer Comfort Index
- 瑞士银行投资者乐观指数：UBS Index of Investor Optimism
- 国内生产总值：Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- 耐用品订货量：Durable Goods Orders
- 工厂订货量：Factory Orders
- 企业存货：Business Inventories
- 工业产值和产能利用：Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
- 供应管理协会制造业调查报告：Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Survey
- 供应管理协会非制造业景气调查：Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Business Survey
- 芝加哥采购经纪人指数（经济晴雨表）：Chicago Purchasing Managers Index (Business Barometer)
- 领先经济指标指数：Index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI)
- 新屋开工和建造许可证：Housing Starts and Building Permits
- 成品房销售额：Existing Home Sales
- 新建住房销售额：New Home Sales
- 住房市场指数：全美建筑商协会：Housing Market Index: National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
- 周度住房抵押贷款申请和全美拖欠情况调查：Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey and the National Delinquency Survey
- 建造支出：Construction Spending
- 地区联邦储备银行报告：Regional Federal Reserve Bank Reports
- 纽约联邦储备银行：州制造业调查Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Empire State Manufacturing Survey
- 费城联邦储备银行：商业展望调查：Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Business Outlook Survey
- 堪萨斯市联邦储备银行：10个地区1的制造业调查：Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Manufacturing Survey of the 10th District
- 里士满联邦储备银行：五个地区的制造业活动：Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: Manufacturing Activity for the Fifth District
- 芝加哥联邦储备银行：全国活动指数：Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: National Activity Index (CFNAI)
- 联邦储备委员会的褐皮书：The Federal Reserve Board’s Beige Book
- 商品与服务的国际贸易：International Trade in Goods and Services
- 经常项目平衡：Current Account Balance (Summary of International Transactions)
- 消费者物价指数：Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- 生产者物价指数：Producer Price Index (PPI)
- 雇佣成本指数：Employment Cost Index
- 进出口价格：Import and Export Prices
- 生产率和成本：Productivity and Costs
- 雇员报酬的雇主成本：Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
- 实际收入：Real Earnings
- 收益曲线：Yield Curve
- 似乎应翻译为第十区（以下类似），美国好像不同的区覆盖不同的地点，类似于我们的华北，华南之类的，具体我也并非很清楚，有了解的朋友不妨告诉我 [back]
