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.

Investopedia / Mira Norian An economic cycle is the overall state of the economy as it goes through four stages: expansion, peak, contraction, and trough. An economic cycle, also known as a ...

Economic indicators are pieces or sets of macroeconomic data that are indicative of the past, present, or future state of the economy or some part of it. Even outside of the realm of finance, the ...