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We have created a comprehensive glossary of economic indicators from the relevant markets. While these indicators are generally applicable economic terms, some of them are specific for the country of their release.
To access the definitions of the terms listed below, please see "Foreign Exchange Markets: A Practical Guide", an innovative approach to covering FX fundamental and technical analysis.
Auto Sales Balance of Payments Balance of Trade (Merchandise Trade Balance) Beige Book Fed Survey Business Inventories and Sales Capital Account (now known as Financial Account) CBI Surveys Construction Spending Consumer Price Index (CPI) Current Account Durable Goods Orders Employment Cost Index (ECI) Employment Report Factory Orders and Manufacturing Inventories Gross Domestic Product (GDP) HICP (Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices) Housing Starts/Building Permits IFO Implicit Deflator Index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI) The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) L M1 M2 M3 New Home Sales Personal Income and Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Producer Price Index (PPI) Productivity Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) Retail Sales Tankan Survey ZEW Indicator