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CONTENTS PART I THE BIG PICTURE: THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND THE INVESTMENT OUTLOOK XX 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 2 THE BUSINESS CYCLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 3 STOCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XX 4 OUTPUT, EFFICIENCY AND COSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 5 OUTPUT, EFFICIENCY AND COSTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 6 INVENTORIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 7 THE POSTWAR BUSINESS CYCLE: THE ROLE OF CONSUMER DEMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 8 THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM: MONETARY POLICY AND INTEREST RATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 9 FEDERAL FISCAL POLICY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 10 U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XX 11 LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 12 SUMMARY AND PROSPECT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX PART II YOUR CHOICE OF INVESTMENTS XX 13 THE STOCK MARKET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 14 COMMODITIES AND PRECIOUS METALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX 15 LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XX 16 U MONEY-MARKET INVESTMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . XX APPENDIX A: STATISTICAL SERIES PUBLISHED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX APPENDIX B: STATISTICAL SERIES PUBLISHED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IN CHAPTER ORDER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX APPENDIX C: LISTING OF STATISTICAL SERIES ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PUBLICATION SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX APPENDIX D: FURTHER REFERENCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Business cycles -- United States.
Economic indicators -- United States.
Investments -- United States.
Wall Street journal.