Business Forecasting and Economic Cycles

Business cycles, periods of high economic activity followed by those of unsatisfactory performance, are of increasing concern to the general public, especially to those involved in economic decision-making in industry, business, and government. This book provides undergraduate and MBA students as well as interested individuals with an easy-to-understand introduction to and a basic working knowledge of the relevant topics and techniques of economic forecasting and business cycles without requiring sophisticated backgrounds in computers, economics, mathematics, or statistics.