Gross Domestic Product measures the quantum of economic activities in a country, in monetary terms, over some time, usually one year. Real GDP eliminates the impact of inflation by applying a deflator ...

I sometimes read assertions that the statistical methods used by the Commerce Department to calculate GDP no longer properly capture economic output because they don’t, for example, properly account ...

There's a little bit of confusion over India's GDP growth statistics at present. The country recently changed the way that it calculates this number and while there are, obviously, the usual teething ...

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 ...

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Jannie Rossouw is received financial assistance for research from the NRF and from ERSA. South Africa has toppled Nigeria and reclaimed its status as the largest economy in Africa. This comes two ...