Economic Indicators Across the Countries and Regions of the United States, Canada, Japan and the Euro zone

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Abstract
This paper shall discuss various economic indicators across the countries and regions of the United States, Canada, Japan and the Euro zone.
Economic Indicators 
Compare the United States, Japan, the Euro Area and Canada in terms of production and employment in the most recent quarter and a year ago.
Economic indicators provide valuable tools for the analysis of the health and wealth of a country or region. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment,  and inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are helpful tools to assess a country’s forward looking prospects. With the global recession, the St. Louis Federal Reserve office has observed poor figures from nearly all countries. As such, this paper will look at the most...

.....economy the bleakest of the four considered areas.References
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