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 role of imports in GDP—Gross Domestic Product—confuses many people. The current political discussion about tariffs has triggered some of the misunderstanding. This article aims to help business ...

GDP measures total economic output within a country over a specific period. Investors use GDP to anticipate market shifts and adjust portfolios accordingly. Buying cyclical stocks during GDP growth ...

Economic contractions, troughs, expansions and peaks are unpredictable phases of economic activity referred to as economic business cycles. The gross domestic product, or GDP, is the total market ...

What’s the best way to gauge the health of the economy? Gross domestic product, a measurement that calculates the value of all goods and services produced, has long been a good way to take the ...