When it comes to measuring the strength of the economy, one of the most important metrics to watch is the gross domestic product, or GDP. This week, the Commerce Department announced the U.S. had ...

As we wait for the second-quarter GDP numbers to come out at the end of this week, the White House is already playing cleanup by letting the public know that the definition of "recession" is fluid and ...

The US economy shrank by 0.6% during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest gross domestic product estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis released Thursday. That matches the ...

A key report Thursday could reveal that the nation’s economic output declined for a second straight month, meeting the informal criteria for a recession. After dropping at an annual rate of 1.6% in ...

Discover the dynamic relationship between money supply and GDP, and how they influence economic growth, inflation, and financial stability in our detailed analysis.

But it’s far from perfect. GDP is a poor measure of welfare. It tallies up all the goods and services produced in an economy—putting equal value on $100 whether it’s spent on concert tickets or ...