Explore how aggregate demand and GDP connect and differ, using insights from Keynesian economics to understand macroeconomic principles.

Most economists like talking about the very popular metric GDP (aka, gross domestic product). It’s not so much about how effective the metric is in capturing the overall economic conditions, but ...

There is a version of GDP that is never calculated — the one that could have existed if time had been allowed to ...

GDP is a worthless calculation. It goes down as imports increase, it goes up as government spending does, and it increases not due to productivity, but if production of any kind has happened. In other ...

GDP might show a big pop on Wednesday, but not because the U.S. economy has gotten much better. It hasn’t. Here’s how to scope out the second-quarter report on gross domestic product, the official ...

The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen. Gross domestic product (GDP) was never designed to be a measure of societal ...

US GDP growth appears strong, driven by AI-related capital expenditures, despite weakening consumer sentiment and slowing household spending. AI CapEx by hyperscalers now outweighs household spending ...

The UK’s latest gross domestic product (GDP) figures are set to be released on Friday, providing yet another indication about the direction of the economy. At 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, the Office for ...