Learn how GDP measures economic performance and influences financial decisions for economists and investors. Discover its impact on the economy and investment strategies.

Real gross domestic product is often a more accurate reflection of the output of an economy than nominal GDP. By eliminating ...

How do you get from Nominal GDP to Real GDP? You subtract inflation. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses its own GDP deflator for this purpose, which is somewhat different from the BEA's ...

Interest rate volatility has been high, and rotations between value and growth in equities have been sharp. Over the past few decades, a recession was generally accompanied by a decline in earnings ...

When it comes to measuring the strength of the economy, one of the most important metrics to watch is the gross domestic product, or GDP. This week, the Commerce Department announced the U.S. had ...

India’s GDP growth rate for the quarter ended June, which came in at 7.8% in real terms, surpassed all expectations. But the growth in GDP by another measure has economists and policymakers worried: ...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies showed steady growth in 2024, with rising contributions from non-oil sectors offsetting a decline in oil output. Real GDP rose 3.3% in the fourth quarter, ...

Does the GDP growth for the first quarter of 2025-26 present the correct picture? The real GDP growth for the June quarter of 2025-26, at 7.8 per cent, came as a surprise to most analysts, who had ...

Note from dshort: With today's release of the Q4 GDP Second Estimate, I've spent some time updating my occasional analysis of the government's calculation of the Real GDP. How do you get from Nominal ...