The general background within which an economy operates including earnings, sales, wage rates, taxes, an inflation. Improving business fundamentals are generally viewed as bullish for stocks, although stock prices at any given point already include some of the expected improvement of the business fundamentals. It covers the following topics in business like: teamwork, economics, ethics, entrepreneurship, business ownership, management, and leadership, organizational structures and operations management, human resources and motivating employees, managing in labor union contexts, marketing and pricing strategy, hospitality and tourism, accounting and finance, and personal finances.