Gross Domestic Product (GDP) includes consumer spending, government spending, net exports, and total investments. It functions as a comprehensive scorecard of a country’s economic health.

Continuous inflation or deflation left unchecked can wound the economy. While deflation can drive down prices, which is good, profits and wages may also suffer and repaying debt becomes expensive.

Labor market, consumer spending, and revised GDP data show the economy is facing serious headwinds.

Q2 GDP growth is nowcast at a moderate 1.7%, supported by a rebound in June retail sales. Consumer resilience remains strong, ...

Expansion: The economy is moving out of recession.Money is cheap to borrow, businesses build up inventories again and consumers start spending. GDP rises, per capita income grows, unemployment ...

Keynesian economics is a theory whose premise is that aggregate demand is a primary driver of the economy and employment. Keynesian economics is an economic theory, and the basic premise is that ...

The US economy shrank again in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday. Gross domestic product, a wide-ranging measure of economic activity, fell by 0.9% on an annualized ...

The core of the economy – consumer and business spending – held up well early this year. Consumption rose 1.8%, a slowdown but still a decent showing. And business investment jumped 10%.

Expansion: The economy is moving out of recession.Money is cheap to borrow, businesses build up inventories again and consumers start spending. GDP rises, per capita income grows, unemployment ...