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 ...

As GDP estimates the value of production in the US, imports are neither added nor subtracted conceptually. Everyone agrees ...

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.

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

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.

GDP is the sum of the market value of all the final goods and services produced within the geographical boundaries of a country each year. The value of GDP measured in current prices is called Nominal ...

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

China on Wednesday set its GDP growth target for 2025 at "around 5%" as it starts its annual parliamentary meeting amid escalating trade tensions with the U.S.