Politicians love GDP for all the obvious reasons. It’s simple, it sounds scientific, and it makes for a convenient headline.

GDP is a measure of whether the economy is expanding or contracting. While this factor can’t be taken alone, negative GDP is a strong indicator of a future recession. Investors should develop an ...

Gross domestic product (GDP, a government-produced measure of economic output) is one of the most widely discussed ...

Gross domestic product, or GDP, represents the total value of all goods and services produced within a country during one year. Depending on the report, one year can be either one fiscal year or one ...

ZAA NKWETA, PRESENTER: Forty years ago, Senator Robert Kennedy gave a speech in which he questioned using the GNP as an indicator of economic prosperity in America. (AUDIO CLIP BEGINS) ROBERT KENNEDY: ...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the latest U.S. gross domestic product data on April 30. In the first three months of 2025, it said, GDP contracted by 0.3%. The GDP growth rate captures the ...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its third estimate of second-quarter GDP — a revised look at how much the economy grew between the beginning of April and the end of June. Today’s update did ...

China's GDP grew by 4.7% in the second quarter, below expectations and slower than the previous quarter. Weaker economic data has fueled calls for ongoing stimulus measures to boost growth. Concerns ...

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 ...

Gross domestic product, or GDP, represents the total value of all goods and services produced within a country during one year. Depending on the report, one year can be either one fiscal year or one ...