Likewise, the Federal Reserve Board will look to GDP as one of many inputs of economic health when determining whether to reduce or increase the federal funds rate. Scott Baier: “Real GDP is an ...

YoY for Q1 2025. Declining consumer spending & exports signal risks of recession. Click here to read more about the U.S.

Discretionary government spending contributes to GDP. What happens if the government spends a lot less? Plus, ice cream ...

Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.3% in Q4 2024, according to the second estimate. The latest estimate was consistent with the forecast and is slower than the Q3 final ...

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 ...

When comparing the GDP of two or more years, real GDP is used. This is because, in effect, the removal of the influence of inflation allows the comparison of the different years to focus solely on ...