Reading Economic Indicators Without Getting Lost in the Numbers
Single registration, full-day workshop. Includes all materials and post-session reference guide.
Enrol NowMost people encounter economic indicators the same way: a headline says inflation rose, markets moved, and nobody explains why those two things relate. This workshop starts there.
What gets covered
GDP, CPI, unemployment rates, and purchasing managers indexes are useful — but only if you understand what each one measures and what it tends to miss. We spend time on both sides of that.
Central bank communications are their own language. We look at how policy statements are structured, what language shifts signal, and why the same data can produce opposite market reactions depending on context.
Who this suits
People working in finance, policy, or journalism who need a more reliable mental model. Also useful for anyone who reads economic commentary regularly and wants to stop taking it on faith.
No economics degree required. Some comfort with percentages and basic charts helps, but nothing beyond that is assumed.
Format and pace
The workshop runs as a single full-day session with three working blocks. Each block combines a short explanation with a data exercise — you read an actual indicator release and answer structured questions about it.
Sessions include discussion, not just slides. Participants tend to arrive with different backgrounds, which makes the conversations more useful than any prepared example could be.
Lunch and breaks are built into the schedule. Materials are provided in advance so you can show up having already looked at the data once.