Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Towards the end of 2000, at the peak of America’s irrational exuberance, staff economists at the Federal Reserve ...

Potential output—the maximum amount an economy can produce over the long run—is an important indicator policymakers use to gauge a country’s current economic health and expectations for future growth.

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The recent run of strong growth in GDP is welcome news, but from the perspective of policymakers there are signs that the economy may be approaching its maximum output capacity. In turn, this analysis ...

What are the factors that have been inhibiting India from realizing its potential GDP? Potential gross domestic product (GDP) is the level of output which any economy can produce at a constant ...

Total factor productivity—a measure of the efficiency with which labor and capital are used—has fallen during the current recession. But, after adjustment for lower utilization of labor and capital, ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy is running at its full potential for the first time in a decade, a new milestone for an expansion now in its ninth year. Total economic output in the third quarter was ...

Discussions about the state of the economy tend to focus much more on the monthly wiggles in the data, the Fed’s latest program to stimulate spending, and the drama on Capitol Hill than on the ...

Dec. 29 (UPI) --Peru is heading toward a significant expansion of its copper industry. The Central Reserve Bank of Peru says the country has the potential to double copper production in the coming ...

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Historically, Aruba benefited from population growth that expanded the labor force, thereby boosting productivity and ...

Technically, the output of a residential solar panel can be anywhere from 100 watts to 500 watts, depending on the capacity of the equipment and its operating conditions. Most solar panels on homes ...