Discover how economic indicators like CPI, GDP, and unemployment rates help analyze a nation's economic health and forecast investment opportunities.

Learn what lagging indicators are, how they confirm economic, business, and technical trends, and their role in ...

Is a recession imminent? The only time anyone seems to agree on the answer to that question is when we're already in a ...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released the latest U.S. gross domestic product data on April 30. In the first three months of 2025, it said, GDP contracted by 0.3%. The GDP growth rate captures the ...

Online dating traffic, cardboard box production and movie success offer insights into consumer behavior and economic health. The combined occurrence of informal indicators can highlight broader ...

Economists use a variety of tools and data to predict how well or poorly the economy will do in the near-term. Experts can analyze figures like the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rates, ...

India's economic growth likely moderated in the March quarter as supply-chain disruptions and weaker high-frequency ...

We got a bit of good news about the economy this week, courtesy of The Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index, which tracks key economic indicators. It rose in February, a sign, the Conference ...

Timely information on a company's production activities is crucial for investors and policymakers, yet it remains scarce as financial reports and other broader economic indicators like the Purchasing ...

Traditional economic metrics such as gross domestic product (GDP) offer a narrow depiction of national performance, focusing solely on market transactions without accounting for social equity or ...

The figure reported on Wednesday is above economists’ estimates of an increase of 99,000 jobs. The prior month's reading was revised lower to a gain of 62,000 jobs. The AAA national average price for ...

On this episode of The Long View, Dr. Paul Ashworth, who serves as Chief North America Economist at Capital Economics, discusses the challenges in economic forecasting, what indicators he’s paying ...