US GDP report makes shocking revelations about economy's performance in Q3 as data shows growth reached 4.3 percent. Consumer spending, exports, and business investment supported GDP growth. Inflation stayed above target.

Gross domestic product plays an outsize role in how we think of what the American economy creates. It’s what the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis refers to as its “featured measure of production.” That means it’s the first number the agency ...

The fraudulent number that is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a substantially shrunken number relative to the true size of the U.S. economy. See the “surge” in GDP reported yesterday for e

Discover how the GNP Deflator measures inflation's impact on GNP, how it's calculated, and why it's vital for economic analysis.

Consumption is an always effect of what actually matters: production. It’s a reminder that while “supply siders” are increasingly ridiculous, “supply-side economics” is a statement of the obvious: the goal of all economic policy should be to ...

There may be an explanation for why the U.S. economy has been remarkably resilient, growing briskly despite high inflation and interest rates. Maybe it isn’t so resilient after all. This week, the Commerce Department revised up its estimate of economic ...

A sharp GDP contraction in the second quarter was driven by plunging exports, but resilient consumer spending and housing complicate the picture — and economists are split on what it means for the Bank of Canada.

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The US economy cooled more than expected in the first quarter of the year, but remained healthy by historical standards. Economic growth has slowed steadily over the past 12 months, which bodes well for lower interest rates, but the Federal Reserve has ...

India’s GDP has grown at a robust 8.2% in the second quarter. Why has the real GDP growth been more than expected and what’s the outlook for the coming quarters? Why are economists pointing to the narrowing gap between nominal and real GDP growth?