Discover the differences between GDP and GNP, including what each measures and how they impact economic analysis.

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 ...

Figures for the level and rate of growth of gross domestic product (GDP) are quoted ubiquitously, including in this magazine. They are widely agreed to tell us something of importance. But there is a ...