International Economic Trend Analysis

HOWARD G. SCHAEFER is managing director of Schaefer Brothers, Ltd., a Los Angeles investment banking firm. He has practiced corporate and tax law, with a specialty in international business, and is a frequent lecturer and writer on business and economic issues. His first book, Economic Trend Analysis for Executives and Investors (Quorum, 1993), concentrates on the domestic economy and provides important background for this, his second Quorum book.

Tables and Figures Preface Perspective The International Economic Model Individual Country Business Cycles Cross-Border Transmission of Business Cycles Exchange Rate Regimes Measuring Exchange Rate Changes Structural Change The Existing Global Economic System Key Global Economies International Commercial Relationships Cross-Border Investment Relationships International Monetary System Central Banking The International Matrix System International Matrix Indicators: Definitions and Benchmarks International Matrix Indicators: Relationships Other Economic Factors Analytical Techniques Using the International Matrix System Impending Global Economic Trends Appendixes Glossary of Influential International Organizations Bibliography Notes Index