Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Most economists like talking about the very popular metric GDP (aka, gross domestic product) ...

While imperfect, the metric carries major real-world implications, experts said. The threat of a looming recession has heightened interest in the most commonly used measure of economic health: Gross ...

The S&P Global PMI survey suggests GDP is slowing to 0.6% annualized, while Service inflation is rising. The University of Michigan survey is showing a de-anchoring longer-term inflation expectations, ...

The ICP provides data on the global distribution of the expenditure components of GDP, such as expenditure by individuals and households, by government, and on investment. 1 Figure 3 shows the ...

It would appear most people are, for lack of a better way of saying it, a bit skeptical when it comes to the “blockbuster” gross domestic product (GDP) number released today. What is GDP? It’s ...

A country’s debt-to-GDP ratio is a metric that expresses how leveraged a country is by comparing its public debt to its annual economic output. Just like people and businesses, countries often need to ...

The ongoing government shutdown delayed the release of the Commerce Department's initial estimate of the third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP), as other data sources suggest solid economic growth ...