Development workers constantly gnash their teeth over whether their work has any effect. But they’re faced with a fundamental problem: In undeveloped countries, accurate economic data can be ...

Explore GDP, GNP, and alternative indicators to assess economic growth and gain comprehensive insights into national progress ...

Seriously. How are you feeling about your economic situation? Because the unemployment rate is still near generational lows, inflation is down to 3.2%, and gross domestic product, or GDP, grew at a ...

Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and author of GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History, explains why gross domestic product is no longer an adequate means ...

Syria’s example illustrates the challenges of gathering good economic data during conflict. Two destroyed tanks in front of a mosque in Azaz, north of Aleppo. Photo taken in August 2012 by Christiaan ...

“GDP has become something of a talisman. When GDP is growing, it gives people and companies hope, and when it declines, governments pull out all the policy stops to reverse the trend.” —World Economic ...

Is GDP a useful measure? You would think so. News bulletins still solemnly report the latest infinitesimal adjustments to the previous quarter's growth figures, as if tiny tweaks to provisional ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kenya recently rebased its economy by adding certain sectors such as real estate and ICT ...

The GDP revision improves measurement, says former chief statistician Pronab Sen, but raises questions on double deflation, consumption surge and fiscal maths ...