The Bureau of Economic Analysis decreased December quarter’s GDP growth estimate from 2.6% to 2.2%. The GDP’s growth rate has now declined 200 basis points from 4.2% in the June quarter. more...
How to Trade the GDP Number A lesson on what traders of the stock, futures, and forex markets look for when the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Number is released. As we have learned in previous lessons there are many components of the US Economy which can affect overall economic growth and inflation expectations. Some of the major examples here are how many people are employed in the economy vs. unemployed, how much the housing market is growing in different parts of ...
The Components of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) In addition to looking at the growth or lack thereof in the overall GDP number, traders will also look at the growth or lack there of in the different components that make up the number. As GDP represents the value of everything in an Economy you can imagine the amount of data that goes into compiling the number, much of which is published for market participants to view. By looking at the different pieces which make up GDP we can ...
GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History by Diane Coyle GDP is one economic model among several that could serve the purpose, but its use conveniently leads to policies that reflect the thinking of a particular school of economic monetary and fiscal policy advocates. We all know that in operating a business we need to be able to measure the profits of our company and then adjust our prices and production to make sure ...
The week ahead brings important updates on US second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP), a number of reads on the housing market, and earnings from retailers and advertising giant WPP . But the launch of the new Madden NFL 15 video game from Electronic Arts could grab more headlines than most. Electronic Arts’ share price has jumped in recent days, perhaps on the back of positive publicity for the new game, so Tuesday’s ...
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