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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...