Welfare measurement is among the most fundamental questions in economics. Policymakers and others use gross domestic product ...

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 ...

The Trump administration wants to create a separate report about the economy that strips out the impact of government spending. The Commerce Department already does this.

Any policy implications will be left to the reader. GDP is an estimate of the value of the goods and services produced in the ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.

That prompted Trump adviser Elon Musk to muse on Friday that a “more accurate measure of GDP would exclude government spending,” on X, the platform he owns. Over the weekend, Commerce ...

Trump administration officials have suggested they may try to look differently at a key economic measure of America's ...

Elon Musk and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick want to take government out of GDP. They should be careful what they wish for ...

Ghana has expressed concern over the 16 . 1% revenue-to-GDP ratio projected in the 2025 budget, arguing it lacks ambition as ...

GDP is a construct that tells us far less about progress than the hoopla around it would suggest. India’s statistical system would fill a big void if it creates a truly useful measure of well-being.

Thailand's economy is expected to grow 3.4% in the first quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, which would be the fastest pace in 10 quarters, helped by government stimulus measures, a deputy finance ...

Canada’s gross domestic product, or the broadest measure of goods and services... On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada cut its key benchmark rate by 50bps. They have now cut by 150 bps in 2024 ...