Along with today’s release of the preliminary estimate of second quarter GDP, we have a new definition of GDP involving the recognition of R&D as investment. Until a few years back, only expenditures ...

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 ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

For the first time since 2009, the U.S. gross domestic product was negative for two quarters in a row. After dropping 1.6% during the first quarter of 2022, the GDP fell another 0.9% in the second ...

A large part of the growth will be due to R&D expenses that, in the past, were treated as pure business costs. According to the BEA: Currently, we count spending on R&D and on the creation of ...

The White House recently laid out why two quarters of negative growth doesn't always signal a recession. Yet a growing number of voices has accused the administration of changing the definition of a ...

With the Biden administration facing the prospect of a second consecutive quarter of negative economic growth, top officials in media appearances have started rejecting that as the traditional ...

When Republicans describe the strength of the economy over the past two and a half years, they generally cite the 2017 tax cut and the Donald Trump administration’s record on deregulation. Indeed, the ...

China has abruptly delayed the publication of key economic data, one day before its scheduled release, as the ruling Communist Party gathers at a major political meeting against the backdrop of a ...

GOLD suffered its biggest two-day fall in 30 years on April 12th and 15th. When an asset falls so sharply in price, it is tempting to believe that significant economic changes must be afoot. But an ...