Trump could be purposely keeping inflation high to devalue the national debt, some experts believe.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economic policy for the 21st century. In our 2022 book Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How To Fix It ...

Just how important is money? Few would deny that it plays a key role in the economy.­ But one school of economic thought, called monetarism, maintains that the money supply (the total amount of money ...

Abstract: Empirical data show that real wages fall sharply during periods of high inflation. This paper suggests a simple general equilibrium explanation, without relying on nominal rigidities. It ...

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Real wages grew by a handsome 6.5% y/y in January, according to preliminary Rosstat data just as the economy starts to cool, ...

Real GDP eliminates the impact of inflation by applying a deflator to convert nominal or market GDP to the real figure. There are other ways of accounting for the volume of economic activities.

In ‘Rethinking Monetary Policy’, I argue that the Bank of England’s 30-year-old commitment to inflation targeting is no ...

Gross domestic product, or GDP, is a measure of a country's economic output over a certain time period—usually a year. GDP is looked to as a primary indicator of a country's economic health.

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The Fed's GDPNow metric has come out, and it doesn't look very good. The figure is now projecting a negative change in real GDP for Q1 2025. Latest estimates put real GDP change at -2.8% YoY for Q1.

GDP measures total economic output within a country over a specific period. Investors use GDP to anticipate market shifts and adjust portfolios accordingly. Buying cyclical stocks during GDP ...