The astonishing 8.2 per cent GDP growth in the second quarter of FY26 and a revival in consumption patterns have raised hopes of the economy speeding at a faster clip this fiscal than the 6.5 per cent ...

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

Most economists like talking about the very popular metric GDP (aka, gross domestic product). It’s not so much about how effective the metric is in capturing the overall economic conditions, but ...

The economy remained on track this year, defying the gloomiest predictions. That doesn't mean Americans are thrilled with how ...

Learn to use the rule of 70 to estimate how long it takes for a country’s GDP to double, aiding in understanding economic growth and investment potential.

Americans are living through a strange economic split screen: headline data point to strength, yet public mood has turned sharply darker and more anxious. I see that gap not as a mystery of "vibes" ...

The S&P 500 has consistently reached new highs since the end of the Great Recession in 2009. Federal Reserve policy, initiated by Ben Bernanke, has fundamentally changed how monetary policy supports ...

The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen. Gross domestic product (GDP) was never designed to be a measure of societal ...

Something in the US economy isn’t adding up, and it’s rattling the people charged with wrangling inflation and keeping the labor market intact. US companies have sharply slowed their hiring this year, ...

The US job market continues to chug along despite heightened uncertainty about the economy and how President Donald Trump’s tariffs could shake out. The economy added a stronger-than-expected 147,000 ...