GDP is still the best overall measure of our economy. It stands for gross domestic product. It covers consumption, investment, government, and trade. For the past 25 years, it’s been stuck around 2 ...

U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology, according to Harvard economist Jason Furman. Excluding these ...

Real GDP measures the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced in an economy. Its growth comes from three sources (the Solow growth accounting identity): More labor (hours worked or ...

Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi cautioned against drawing premature conclusions about the strength of the economy, warning the recently announced 4.3 percent gross domestic product (GDP) ...

BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - China is likely to stick to its current annual economic growth target of around 5% next year, government advisers and analysts said, a goal that would require authorities to ...

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. economic ⁠growth ⁠slowed more sharply ⁠than initially thought in the fourth quarter amid downward revisions to consumer spending and business ‌investment, ...