U.S. economic growth rebounded at the beginning of 2026, according to the BEA’s latest estimate. Real GDP rose at a 2.1% ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. Wooden blocks with the word GDP and up and down arrows. An ...
Real GDP rose at a 1.6% annual rate in Q1, falling short of the 2.0% forecast but marking an acceleration from the 0.5% final estimate seen in Q4 of last year. The current GDP is 12.8% below the ...
GDP does not need to be redefined for the AI age. The harder measurement problem is how price indexes account for rapidly ...
The International Monetary Fund has just warned of slowing global economic growth in its latest analysis. Similar to this finding, a newly issued report reveals the world’s wealthiest countries by ...
The fraudulent number that is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a substantially shrunken number relative to the true size of the U.S. economy. See the “surge” in GDP reported yesterday for evidence. The ...
This paper describes the recent work to strengthen the nowcasting capacity at the Central Bank of Samoa (CBS). It compiles available high-frequency datasets such as tourism receipts, agriculture ...