I sometimes read assertions that the statistical methods used by the Commerce Department to calculate GDP no longer properly capture economic output because they don’t, for example, properly account ...

A country’s debt-to-GDP ratio is a metric that expresses how leveraged a country is by comparing its public debt to its annual economic output. Just like people and businesses, countries often need to ...

Gross margin is a top line item in a company’s income statement measuring profitability after production costs have been deducted. Gross margin is the amount of money left over after subtracting the ...

Discover how the velocity of money impacts the economy, the formula used for calculation, and real-world examples that illustrate its significance.

Gross Domestic Product measures the quantum of economic activities in a country, in monetary terms, over some time, usually one year. Real GDP eliminates the impact of inflation by applying a deflator ...

Headline growth for the U.S. economy in 1Q 2019 hit 3.2% quarter-over-quarter while year-over-year growth accelerated +24 basis points to 3.21%. Some interesting math in this most recent print aside, ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's statistics bureau said on Friday that it has revised the way it calculates the country's gross domestic product by including contributions from health care, tourism and ...

China is accelerating statistical reform to launch a new unified system to calculate gross domestic product in the nation's regions. The move is aimed at preventing inflated local figures ...

Jannie Rossouw is received financial assistance for research from the NRF and from ERSA. South Africa has toppled Nigeria and reclaimed its status as the largest economy in Africa. This comes two ...