Macroeconomics
GDP, inflation, unemployment and growth.
Macro
How Inflation Is Measured: CPI, PPI and the GDP Deflator
Inflation is measured with price indexes that track different baskets. Compare CPI, PPI, the GDP deflator and PCE, and learn how the rate is calculated.
MacroWhat GDP Measures and What It Misses
GDP counts final market output within a country. Learn the three measurement approaches, nominal versus real GDP, per-capita figures and blind spots.