Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS ...

Gross National Product (GNP) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are both key indicators used to measure the economic performance and size of a country’s economy but they differ in their scope and focus.

GDP measures total economic output within a country over a specific period. Investors use GDP to anticipate market shifts and adjust portfolios accordingly. Buying cyclical stocks during GDP growth ...

Consumption is an always effect of what actually matters: production. It’s a reminder that while “supply siders” are increasingly ridiculous, “supply-side economics” is a statement of the obvious: the ...

Gross domestic product plays an outsize role in how we think of what the American economy creates. It’s what the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis refers to as its “featured measure of production.” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former Dallas Fed president, I cover the economy. Natural disasters, like Hurricane Sandy, provide periodic reminders, not of ...

Sean Ross is a strategic adviser at 1031x.com, Investopedia contributor, and the founder and manager of Free Lances Ltd. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three ...

Last month, columnist Jonah Goldberg argued the U.S. economy “is doing amazingly well,” principally on the basis of our large and expanding gross domestic product. However, is GDP (or for that matter, ...

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's gross national product (GNP) in the fourth quarter of 2009 dropped 0.7 percent year-on-year to HK$456.2 billion ($58.8 billion), the HK Special Administrative Region government ...

Another in a weekly series designed to help readers with business terminology Looking for signs that the economic recovery is for real? Make sure you take a glance at the real gross domestic product, ...