Chicago PMI is a composite index of business conditions in the Chicago area. Data from Chicagoland firms is collected by the financial news firm, Market News International, through manufacturing and non-manufacturing surveys sent to businesses. A drop in demand for goods is reflected in businesses’ responses in the Chicago PMI survey, which, is in turn, reflected in a lower index …
Chicago Fed National Activity Index
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) is a weighted average of 85 existing monthly indicators of national economic activity that are divided into four broad categories of data: production & income; employment, unemployment, & hours; personal consumption & housing; and sales, orders, & inventories. It is constructed to have an average value of zero and a standard deviation of one. …
Does Singapore Provide Better Health Care Than the United States?
Singapore is an Asian country with twice the population of Chicago. The country has one of the highest GDP Per Capita measurements in the world, higher than the United States. With greater production per person tied to a smaller and more manageable sized population, Singapore is able to get the best bang for their health care buck. They rank number …