Clay Halton is a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

A country’s debt-to-GDP ratio is a metric that expresses how leveraged a country is by comparing its public debt to its annual economic output. Just like people and businesses, countries often need to ...

Gross Domestic Product measures the quantum of economic activities in a country, in monetary terms, over some time, usually one year. Real GDP eliminates the impact of inflation by applying a deflator ...

Learn how GNP is used to measure economic development and demand, and understand its distinction from GDP, as well as when GNP serves as a superior metric.

Jannie Rossouw is received financial assistance for research from the NRF and from ERSA. South Africa has toppled Nigeria and reclaimed its status as the largest economy in Africa. This comes two ...