Whether you like to quote GDP or per capita GDP to illustrate the nature of growth in a country, there’s little doubt that this artificial, abstract, complex, but exceedingly important statistic, GDP, ...

GDP is a measure of whether the economy is expanding or contracting. While this factor can’t be taken alone, negative GDP is a strong indicator of a future recession. Investors should develop an ...

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GDP is one of the most important numbers in modern economics, but few people really know what it means. Learn what you need to know in this handy explainer. Governments have used many indicators to ...

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U.S. economic activity expanded faster than expected in the final three months of 2022, marking a resilient end to a year defined by stubborn inflation, rising interest rates, and battered financial ...

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The Finance Ministry expects the Sumatra disaster to only have a slight impact on gross domestic product growth in the fourth ...

WIESBADEN – The German economy continues to grow. In the first quarter of 2017, the gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6% on the fourth quarter of 2016 after adjustment for price, seasonal and ...

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Analysts had projected the Indian economy would expand at half of the growth rate of 13.5 per cent recorded in April-June quarter this fiscal. Image Source: Pixabay India’s gross domestic product (GDP ...