The gross domestic product (GDP) of a nation is an estimate of the total value of all the goods and services it produces during a specific period, usually a quarter or a year. Its greatest use is as a ...

When the economist Paul Krugman referred to the latest Irish national accounts figures as "Leprechaun economics" he was missing the real story. The new framework for measuring output worldwide was ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's statistics bureau said on Wednesday it has changed the way quarterly gross domestic product data is calculated, a move it calls a step to adopt international standards and ...

Headline growth in the Irish economy has been revised up to 0.2 per cent for the second quarter. The Central Statistics ...