GDP measures total economic output within a country over a specific period. Investors use GDP to anticipate market shifts and adjust portfolios accordingly. Buying cyclical stocks during GDP growth ...

When it is growing, especially if inflation is not a problem, workers and businesses are generally better off than when it is not Many professions commonly use acronyms. To doctors, accountants, and ...

The U.S. economy, since 2009, has experienced puzzling behavior. Labor markets, corporate profits, the stock market and company as well as individual balance sheets have turned in strong performances.

U.S. GDP includes four components. Moreover, each component has a specific weighting and hence, a certain level of influence on total GDP. This influence also changes over time based on a number of ...

GDP is a measure of whether the economy is expanding or contracting. While this factor can’t be taken alone, negative GDP is a strong indicator of a future recession. Investors should develop an ...

We've spent the past several days reiterating and lamenting the onset of the holiday trading doldrums--a time of year that ...

Discover how the Robin Hood Effect redistributes wealth, its economic impacts, and examples of policies and activities that create this shift.

Why does economic growth matter? The answer for economists is that it measures an important component of social progress—namely, economic welfare, or how much benefit members of society get from the ...

GDP measures all final goods/services produced in a defined area, adjusted for inflation to show real growth. GDP growth rates, especially real GDP annually, are key indicators of economic activity ...

A surprise GDP number challenges slowdown fears. Read why rate cut expectations shifted and what stocks may benefit.

ONE of Albert Einstein’s greatest insights was that no matter how, where, when or by whom it is measured, the speed of light in a vacuum is constant. Measurements of light’s price, though, are a ...