Discover why GDP is crucial for measuring economic health and growth. Learn how it guides policymakers, investors, and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and ...
Companies want to keep their biggest customers happy, so they often provide accommodations to do so. And, as it turns out, the government — if it doesn’t already do so — probably wishes it did because ...
An updated read on gross domestic product — basically, how fast the economy grew in the fourth quarter of 2024 — comes out Thursday. The first estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis said the ...
Government Expenditure & Investment has grown 4.08% annually since July 2022 while the underlying economy has grown at a 2.78% pace. This has given the Real GDP an inflated pace of 2.98%. Note that ...
Discover why real GDP offers a more accurate picture of economic growth by adjusting for inflation and when nominal GDP might be more useful for short-term analysis.
Top Trump administration officials are arguing that it is misleading to include government spending in the quarterly tally of ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that government spending could be separated from gross domestic product reports in response to questions about whether the ...
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday he would strip out government spending from the gross domestic product (GDP) report, but gave no indication how ...