TY - BOOK AU - Currie,David M. TI - Country analysis: understanding economic and political performance SN - 9780566092381 AV - HG4538 .C87 2011eb U1 - 339.3 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Farnham, England, Burlington, Vt. PB - Gower Pub. KW - Country risk KW - Economic indicators KW - Political indicators KW - Risque pays KW - Indicateurs économiques KW - Indicateurs politiques KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Economics KW - Macroeconomics KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Economic Conditions KW - fast KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Global investing -- Economic indicators -- A frame of reference : the Washington consensus -- Evaluating governance and culture -- Evaluating fiscal policy -- Evaluating monetary policy -- Evaluating international transactions : the balance of payments -- Currencies -- Managing currency risk N2 - This valuable book shows how to interpret country performance and provides the practicing investor with sufficient background on economic principles, so that they better understand how to interpret country summaries as they appear in business periodicals and other media.Other books set out the criteria used in evaluating country risk and economic performance, but often do not clarify why particular elements of the analysis are important. Country Analysis explains the reasoning behind those criteria, without the need for a sophisticated understanding of economics or mathematics UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=398117 ER -