Economists, analysts, policymakers and investors take the economy’s temperature by examining regularly released data sets called economic indicators. There are all kinds of economic indicators — some ...
GDP measures economic size; CPI and PPI gauge goods costs impacting buying power and production costs. Leading indicators like housing starts predict economic trends, lagging ones like unemployment ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's economic headache just got worse. Friday's employment report showed heavier-than-expected job losses last month, and an alarming spike in the ...