Determining the business outlook / Herbert V. Prochnow.

Preface, ix -- Introduction / by Herbert V. Prochnow, 1 -- I. The Importance and Problems of Business Forecasting / by Walter E. Hoadley, Jr., 8 -- II. Business Cycles / by Adolph G. Abramson, 31 -- III. Money Supply and the Level of Business Activity / by J. Marvin Peterson, 51 -- IV. Stocks, Bonds, and Interest Rates / by William H. Dunkak, Philip E. Albrecht, F. Le Roy Spangler, John Roche, and Julius H. Sedlmayr, 86 -- V. Savings and the Propensity to Consume / by L. R. Klein, 109 -- VI. Gross National Product and National Income / by Paul W. McCracken, 126 -- VII. Industrial Production-Durable Goods / by Kenneth Field, 152 -- VIII. Nondurable Goods / by Frederic E. Richter, 168 -- IX. Fuels / by Albert J. McIntosh and Walter L. Slifer, 190 -- X. Construction / by Donald S. Thompson, 216 -- XI. Railroads and Public Utilities / by Jules I. Bogen, 236 -- XII. Automotive Transportation / by George P. Hitchings, 248 -- XIII. Personal-Consumption Expenditures / by Q. Forrest Walker, 265 -- XIV. Agriculture / by Lester S. Kellogg, 286 -- XV. Prices, Wages, and Employment / by Ewan Clague, 306 -- XVI. Treasury Receipts and Expenditures and Management of the Public Debt / by Wesley Lindow, 330 -- XVII. New Businesses, Business Failures, and Inventories / by Charles E. Young, 358 -- XVIII. World Markets and Foreign Trade / by Arthur B. Hersey, 388 -- XIX. Long-Time Trends / by Frank R. Garfield, 435 -- Index, 435.