The Impact of Economic Data on Financial Markets
Training
Provided by London Financial Studies
Course Outline
Understanding the role of economic indicators which determine market performance is an essential skill in the context of an increasingly sophisticated and complex financial marketplace. This course identifies the information that really matters and provides an insight into how best to interpret the increasing wealth of data now available.
Who The Course is For
This programme is for anyone who needs to appreciate the relevance of economic statistics to the financial markets including:
* Traders
* Corporate treasurers
* Investment and risk managers
* Consultants
* Sales people
Prior Knowledge
General concepts of macroeconomic and applied economic theory, broad goals of monetary and fiscal policies, basic principles of financial products, probability theory.
Objectives
This programme will provide an understanding of what economic data mean and how they relate to each other. Participants will learn to identify those statistics most likely to move the markets and to define what makes a market-useful economic indicator. They will also examine how some statistics can be employed as leading indicators for others.
The problems of gauging the market consensus will be highlighted in the programme and insights provided into how best to interpret the information. The potential dangers of taking the figures at face value will be emphasised and the different perspectives of the market and the policymakers looked at in detail.
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The Impact of Economic Data on Financial Markets
Day One
Why the Data Matter
* The policymaker's dream
* Economic reality
* The statistical bottom line
* The making of a good economic indicator
Outturns and Expectations
* Major market moving economic statistics
* Understanding the consensus
* The overseas effect
* Using the present to forecast the future
When the Devil is in the Detail
* Actual versus underlying
* Coping with seasonality
* When new becomes old - and wrong
Economic Policy Perspectives
* Policy targets and implications
* Interpreting the policymakers
* Using official forecasts
Workshops:
* Assessing the market implications of different economic scenarios
* Economic indicators in the context of economic policy
Why the Data Matter
* The policymaker's dream
* Economic reality
* The statistical bottom line
* The making of a good economic indicator
Outturns and Expectations
* Major market moving economic statistics
* Understanding the consensus
* The overseas effect
* Using the present to forecast the future
When the Devil is in the Detail
* Actual versus underlying
* Coping with seasonality
* When new becomes old - and wrong
Economic Policy Perspectives
* Policy targets and implications
* Interpreting the policymakers
* Using official forecasts
Workshops:
* Assessing the market implications of different economic scenarios
* Economic indicators in the context of economic policy
About The Training Provider: London Financial Studies
London Financial Studies - London Financial Studies is a specialist teaching resource that concentrates exclusively on capital markets. We offer individuals, teams and companies expert teaching that combines theoretical understanding with practical experience.
Our business is driven by a distinct philosophy and clear values:
* Practical Application
* Intellectual Clarity
* Personal Approach
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