All businesses are concerned with the economic climate.
Tracking economic cycles in support of corporate decision-making is a complex, highly technical skill. The American economy generates a continuous flow of data that is eagerly scrutinized by economic forecasters and reported with intense interest in the business press. Interpreting the rise and fall of economic signals is an industry in itself, largely, but not exclusively in the hands of government agencies. There are many good books that provide a framework for understanding the significance of this flow of data. What the Major Economic Statistics Mean and Their Significance for Business.