The output gap measures how far the economy is from its full employment or “potential” level that depends on supply-side factors of the economy: the supply of workers and their productivity. During a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economic output recovered to near its full capacity for the first time in nearly three years, data showed on Friday, a sign the world’s third-largest economy could be finally ...

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 slightly above ...

Demand in Japan’s economy outstripped supply for the first time in nearly four years, a signal that the nation is getting closer to achieving the lasting inflation sought by its central bank. The ...

The GDP framework and the output gap are an abstraction that does little more than provide justification for the interventions of government officials. According to popular thinking, the key cause ...

During economic downturns an economy’s output of goods and services declines. When times are good, by contrast, that output—usually measured as GDP—increases (see “Gross Domestic Product: An Economy’s ...

TOKYO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Japan's output gap, a measure of the balance of supply and demand in the economy, was plus 0.6 in the October-December period, the first positive reading in nearly 10 years, ...

TOKYO, April 3 () - Japan's economic output exceeded its full capacity in October-December by the most in more than 26 years, offering the central bank some hope a sustained recovery will help ...