Discover why real GDP offers a more accurate picture of economic growth by adjusting for inflation and when nominal GDP might be more useful for short-term analysis.

Explore GDP, GNP, and alternative indicators to assess economic growth and gain comprehensive insights into national progress ...

The University of Michigan Current Economic Conditions Index just hit an all-time low. That has proven to be a good sign for ...

What is a recession? What are the key indicators of a recession? How do government and central banks respond to recessions? What are the causes of recessions? How can individuals and businesses ...

During raging bull markets, exuberance about the market can detach from the underlying economic fundamentals. Corporate earnings growth, which correlates with economic indicators like the ISM ...

Every day, the market closely watches economic indicators to tell us what may lie ahead. Some of the data comes quarterly, some monthly and some even weekly. Peter C. Earle, a senior economist at the ...

Financial markets experienced dramatic shifts on a striking Monday that left investors uneasy. An abrupt technological stock downturn set off warning signals in key financial indicators. The ...

The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tracker of incoming data is indicating that gross domestic product is on pace to shrink by 1.5% for the first quarter. While the tracker is volatile through the quarter and ...