NEW YORK — Gross Domestic Product, the broadest measure of the economy, is essentially the nation’s economic report card. When it shrinks, as it did Thursday, worries about a recession spike. GDP is ...

The gross domestic product (GDP) of a nation is an estimate of the total value of all the goods and services it produces during a specific period, usually a quarter or a year. Its greatest use is as a ...

Seriously. How are you feeling about your economic situation? Because the unemployment rate is still near generational lows, inflation is down to 3.2%, and gross domestic product, or GDP, grew at a ...

The UK economy has been slowing after a strong start to 2025. The latest figures show that the economy shrank by 0.1% in October, and also contracted by 0.1% in the August-to-October period. The rate ...

A recent investment bank research article suggested that generative AI could drive a 7% uptick in global GDP. What if, though, such statements were a kind of category error? What if AI were so ...

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis last week released its “advance estimate” of U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2025. GDP measures the total market value of all ...

Learn to use the rule of 70 to estimate how long it takes for a country’s GDP to double, aiding in understanding economic growth and investment potential.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy drew heat last month when he suggested that countries should factor happiness into their statistics for growth. After all, Sarkozy campaigned on promises of wealth ...