gross domestic product

The U.S. gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of just 1.3 percent in the second quarter. New data show the recession was deeper than thought

Despite today's news that the U.S.'s gross domestic product has grown for the fifth straight quarter, the White House warns that faster growth needs to occur to get unemployment down.

Marketplace senior business correspondent Bob Moon explains the factors behind it all.

The national economic mood has brightened somewhat the past few months. There's real growth in the Gross Domestic Product, the labor market is on the mend, and the stock market is up.

But then there are days like today. John Dimsdale reports.

Home sales were down last month while the Gross Domestic Product was up 5.9% at the end of last year. The latest economic data have one thing in common: snow.

John Dimsdale reports it's having an increasing impact on the economy's performance.

That may seem like a head-scratcher, but this formula for Gross Domestic Product is actually pretty simple.

Bob Moon explains.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is calling for countries to adopt new ways of measuring well-being because gross domestic product is obsolete.

Alisa Roth reports.

The pace of economic decline in the second quater slowed at an annual rate of 1%, according to the government's revised reading on gross domestic product.

It was unchanged from a previous estimate.

Gross Domestic Product only declined 1% in the second quarter. That was better than expected, but is the worst over?

Bob Moon gets to the bottom of the situation.

Score one for the green shoots crowd. The second-quarter gross domestic product report Friday clearly showed that the economy is in fact stabilizing.

Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) fell 4% last quarter -- the fastest pace on record for the country, the government said Wednesday.