The Economy & the Fed

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The total value of all final goods and services produced in a country over a period, and the broadest measure of the size and growth of an economy. It is published quarterly by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and built from four parts: consumer spending (C), business investment (I), government spending (G) and net exports (exports minus imports, NX), written GDP = C + I + G + NX. Consumer spending is by far the largest, about two-thirds. Two quarters of falling real GDP is a common rule of thumb for a recession.

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