With Bitcoin trading below $100,000 and market observers weighing the economic fallout of Trump’s trade policies, this week’s ...

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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 ...

Economic indicators are pieces or sets of macroeconomic data that are indicative of the past, present, or future state of the economy or some part of it. Even outside of the realm of finance ...

The macro/micro split is institutionalized in economics, from beginning courses in “principles of economics” through to postgraduate studies. Economists commonly consider themselves microeconomists or ...

The Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators fell again in February, declining by 0.3%. Pessimism among consumers about the future of the economy led to the drop. An index of ...