{"id":2842,"date":"2023-02-22T21:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient103\/?page_id=2842"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:42:27","slug":"economic-indicators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient103\/learning-pathways\/principles-of-economics-for-small-businesses\/economic-indicators\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:MedicalChart.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MedicalChart.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/3\/38\/MedicalChart.jpg\/300px-MedicalChart.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As human beings, our blood pressure, temperature, and blood tests can be taken to indicate how healthy we are at a particular point in time. In a similar way, economic indicators are used to evaluate the health and probable future of an economy.<\/p>\n<p>There are many economic indicators which economists follow, but, as an entrepreneur, you only need to follow a few.<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Reading\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Read the following texts:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wmopen-introductiontobusiness\/chapter\/introduction-to-the-health-of-the-economy\/\">The health of the economy<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/nairametrics.com\/how-economic-indices-affect-startups-and-small-businesses\/\">How economic indicators affect startups and small businesses<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reflection\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reflection.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Reflection<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> In your <b>learning journal blog<\/b>, write a short reflection (200-250 words) on what you have learned about economic indicators. 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