Gross domestic product, or GDP, is a measure of a country's economic output over a certain time period—usually a year. GDP is looked to as a primary indicator of a country's economic health.

Photography taken by Mario Gutiérrez. / Getty Images The gross domestic product (GDP) of a nation is an estimate of the total value of all the goods and services it produces during a specific period, ...

After dropping 1.6% during the first quarter of 2022, the GDP fell another 0.9% in the second quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Though the U.S. has met one common definition ...

This week, the Commerce Department announced the U.S. had experienced two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth – meeting a common definition of a recession. But other economic factors ...

A country's debt-to-GDP ratio is a metric that expresses how leveraged a country is by comparing its public debt to its annual economic output. Just like people and businesses, countries often ...