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, usually a quarter or a year. Its greatest use is as a ...

NEW DELHI—India surprised economists Friday evening by ratcheting up its official economic-expansion figure for the previous fiscal year, marking it as a year of sharp recovery rather than continuing ...

MINSK, 22 August (BelTA) – Belarus’ National Statistical Committee (Belstat) is to improve its GDP calculation methods, Chairwoman of the National Statistical Committee Inna Medvedeva told BelTA. A ...

This will allow us to evaluate intangible assets such as databases and the digital economy, Inna Nedvedeva said.

The first readings of GDP tend to underestimate growth more often than not, officers at the central bank’s Department of Economic and Policy Research wrote in a paper. They flagged considerable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and ...