French president Nicolas Sarkozy drew heat last month when he suggested that countries should factor happiness into their statistics for growth. After all, Sarkozy campaigned on promises of wealth ...
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 ...
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Why measuring progress needs more than GDP

Murli Manohar Joshi, a respected figure in Indian politics, recently raised thought-provoking questions about India's continued reliance on GDP as the primary indicator of national progress. At a ...
A country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which measures total economic output, is central to how governments assess their ...
Between the backlogged orders from Christmas, ongoing high demand, and an improving flow of products from around the world, goods flooded into the United States in the first three months of this year ...
When it comes to measuring the strength of the economy, one of the most important metrics to watch is the gross domestic product, or GDP. This week, the Commerce Department announced the U.S. had ...
China's economy likely grew at its weakest pace in a year in the third quarter, with the slowdown set to deepen and threaten ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Preliminary GDP data may be persistently understating the pace of change at turning points in the economy because it lacks fresh data on critical sectors such as industry and ...
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We treat it with a numerologist’s zeal. When it drops, we assume that grave societal consequences will follow. Macroeconomic policy is formed in its shadow. But now the granddaddy of economic ...