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By the Numbers (Stephen D. Slifer and W. Stansbury Carnes) by Bruce Faber

By the Numbers is a well-written and superbly illustrated reference work. Its focus is not only on the economic indicators, but the operations of the Federal Reserve as well. Anyone who needs or desires to understand the hows and whys of either subject will find their champions in Stephen Slifer and W. Stansbury Carnes, the authors of this work. Slifer has worked for the Board of Governors of the Federal System as a senior economist and is currently Lehman Brothers’ chief financial market economist, while Carnes is Smith Barney’s senior taxable fixed-income strategist. This collaboration brings vast knowledge to the reader. Anyone with even the most novice knowledge of these subjects will find this book an easy read filled with charts that make the subjects clear.