GDP

During the partial government shutdown, a lot of economic data simply wasn't collected, which will result in gaps in what we know about the state of our economy.

Where California outshines other states, and by how much.

Excitement resulted from the news of recent 4.1 percent growth of gross domestic product in the U.S., but GDP alone is inadequate to measure economic performance.

The Trump administration is touting the most recent GDP growth number, but not everyone is convinced it will last.

New economic research refutes a spurious argument made by anti-immigrant activists.

Items covered by measuring national income get plenty of attention, while those not within this rigid framework often fall by the wayside. Case in point: unpaid care work.

This comes after a disappointing first quarter of 2017 that showed only 1.4 percent growth.

The economy we measure isn't the economy we have.

A new survey finds a connection between honesty and economic growth—and how wrong our expectations about other countries' trustworthiness are.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Profits are being used to boost management earnings and pay dividends to stockholders, not improve worker wages.

Probably a lot less than you think.

Of course it does, but what was once a truism is becoming less absolute.

The good news: Economists are starting to come up with some decent theories as to why this recovery is so bad at generating employment. Now here's the bad news.

Degrowth theory, whose supporters push policies to reduce economic activity and end our obsession with GDP, is gaining momentum in Europe and Canada. Will the movement reach U.S. soil?