You may not know it, but where the economy is on the business cycle impacts your life in a big way. While everything may seem ok when the economy is booming, the cycle will inevitably turn and a period of slow growth or even recession will follow.
Recession may negatively impact your job prospects and future salary. Recession may send your business into a tail spin. Recession may also harm your investments including your retirement savings.
That’s why it’s important for everyone, business owners, investors, and employees alike-to understand where to find and how to interpret the best economic leading indicators.
This course breaks down the key economic leading indicators, from big-picture data like the yield curve on Treasury bonds and manufacturing activity down to alternative signals like the number of cranes on the city skyline to fertility rates.
Lesson 1: What is the business cycle?
Lesson 2: Manufacturing activity
Lesson 3: The yield curve
Lesson 4: Confidence
Lesson 5: Big decisions
Lesson 6: Signals
Lesson 7: Misleading indicators
Lesson 8: Why doing your own research is so important
Lesson 9: Your career
Lesson 10: Your investments