ABSTRACT

This title was first published in 1990. A collection of essays on Business Cycles, celebrating Geoffrey H. Moore on his 75th birthday, who joined the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1939 and was also Professor Emeriutus at New York University. He progressed through many levels research  assistant, staff member, associate director of research, director of research, vice  president of research, director of business cycle research, and most recently  membership on the Bureau’s Board of Directors and its Executive and other Committees. Moore ws prominenty involved in the creation, development, and continuing improvement of a system of leading,  lagging, and coincident indicators was an achievement of greatest importance.

part I|22 pages

Introduction

part II|34 pages

Analyzing Business Cycles Today

part III|50 pages

Current Assessment of Cyclical Indicators

part IV|67 pages

The Usefulness of Indicators in Economic Forecasting

part V|54 pages

Cyclical Indicators and Their Applications: Current Methodological Issues