All of this matters even more during periods of shifting global supply chains amid an active trade war and negotiations.

GDP is significant because it offers insight into the bedrock activity level upon which all economic outcomes depend, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, told ABC News.

Then the headlines are all about how lousy the economy is, which only makes us feel less confident that things will turn around, and that collective angst can be hard to shake.

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 ...

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 ...

GDP is, by any reasonable standard, the defining metric for success of a national economy. GDP defines whether you are in the G7 [ Group of 7 , an informal group of the world’s leading economies].

The basic problems with GDP are well known, they've been known since the idea was first dreamt up. As Keynes pointed out, when a man marries his housekeeper GDP declines.

There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domestic product (GDP). It's the sum of all final transactions, so all the goods or services bought ...

The newest GDP data suggests the U.S. economy is slowing down. Consumers are still spending and companies are still hiring and investing, but it’s not at the same pace as last year. At the same ...

GDP is a controversial metric. Heterodox economists have long criticized politicians’ maniacal obsession with GDP growth, pointing to its relatively recent creation as a measure of national ...

Granted, these factors can help determine GDP, but they can also be looked at separately. "There is no fixed rule about what measures contribute information to the process or how they are weighted ...

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