Following Statistics Canada’s publication of this year’s first-quarter GDP estimates there has been much debate about whether ...

As the Group of Seven meets in Évian, France, beginning June 15, French President Emmanuel Macron has pushed to bring about a broad recognition that rising trade imbalances are a global economic ...

In a recent article in American Affairs, Philip Pilkington describes a seeming paradox: Despite rising living standards measured by increasing real GDP, many, especially young people, feel that “their ...

GDP does not need to be redefined for the AI age. The harder measurement problem is how price indexes account for rapidly ...

GDP is the common measure of economic performance. Under ideal conditions, GDP growth implies an overall improvement in the economy’s performance. However, nearly half of GDP is produced in sectors ...

The staggering $8.7 billion data centre boom is keeping Australia’s head above water, but beneath it lies a painful reality ...

The role of imports in GDP—Gross Domestic Product—confuses many people. The current political discussion about tariffs has triggered some of the misunderstanding. This article aims to help business ...

In our polarized political age, it’s rare that 70% of Americans agree on anything. But right now, 70% of Americans agree that President Donald Trump is doing a bad job on the economy, according to a ...

President Donald Trump’s recent commentary on the economy is drawing plenty of comparisons to then-President Joe Biden’s. In his most dismissive remarks on the topic to date, Trump ratcheted up his ...

In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world's major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted ...

Rather than scrapping a proven economic measure, conservatives should focus on dismantling the regulatory barriers that hinder prosperity. In a recent article in American Affairs, Philip Pilkington ...