Getty Images Harvard University professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff are at the top of the economics profession, with influence inside and outside the ...

It’s not surprising that measuring economic growth in an economy the size and scope of the United States is a daunting, data-heavy task that requires adjustments as new information becomes available.

How should we measure changes in an economy's standard of living, or compare living standards across countries? Typically, economists use GDP per capita as a proxy for a country's standard of living, ...

'Potential error' delays GDP data A "potential error" has forced the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to delay the publication of the latest GDP figures, due on Wednesday. The very rare move was ...

The debt needs to be thought of as a response to the contingent circumstances we find ourselves in, with mass unemployment, a Federal Reserve desperately trying to gain traction at the zero lower ...