How the U.S. Uses GDP to Measure Economic Growth

Learn how GDP measures U.S. economic growth and its role in policy and budget planning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

GDP is growing rapidly. Why is private investment still limited?

With existing capacities far from exhausted, Indian companies have chosen to reduce debt, sit on cash and make financial ...
Forbes

Understanding GDP: Why Imports Don't Actually Reduce Economic Growth

The role of imports in GDP—Gross Domestic Product—confuses many people. The current political discussion about tariffs has triggered some of the misunderstanding. This article aims to help business ...
Forbes

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): A Fraudulent Monument To Double Counting

Consumption is an always effect of what actually matters: production. It’s a reminder that while “supply siders” are increasingly ridiculous, “supply-side economics” is a statement of the obvious: the ...
NPR

Can we just change how we measure GDP?

There's one statistic that rules them all when it comes to keeping track of the economy: gross domestic product (GDP). It's the sum of all final transactions, so all the goods or services bought and ...
Marketplace

Tariffs are affecting America’s GDP. Here’s how.

Imports to the U.S. rose 10% in January from December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Importers brought in a whole lot of electronics, pharmaceutical products and other goods that would ...

UN Report: Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, fewer deaths, less poverty

The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, ...