Starting in spring 2014, the Bureau of Economic Analysis will release a breakthrough new economic statistic on a quarterly basis. It’s called Gross Output, a measure of total sales volume at all ...

An earlier version of the chart above was featured on CD in November and it generated a lot interest and 133 comments, so I’m providing an update here based on employment and real GDP data through ...

The chart above is an updated version of one that I’ve featured several times before on CD, and helps to graphically capture several important trends in the U.S. economy over the last ten years: real ...

If anyone mentions the just-released 3.5% U.S. third quarter GDP growth, just throw this chart in their face. Cash for Clunkers clearly distorted the U.S. economic figures in an unsustainable fashion.

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Global growth slowed again during the second quarter of 2012 after rebounding during the first. The slowing was observed in all regions, which suggests an important role for common factors, many of ...