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 ...

A country’s debt-to-GDP ratio is a metric that expresses how leveraged a country is by comparing its public debt to its annual economic output. Just like people and businesses, countries often need to ...

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 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's statistics bureau said on Friday that it has revised the way it calculates the country's gross domestic product by including contributions from health care, tourism and ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's statistics bureau said on Friday that it has revised the country's domestic gross product calculation method by including contribution from heath care, tourism and new ...

The methods local authorities are using to calculate the gross domestic product (GDP) are inaccurate and impractical, and not used in any country in the world, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

BEIJING -- China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has adopted a new method of calculating GDP that it says "better reflects the contribution of innovation to economic growth." Research and ...