Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial ...

Understanding the interplay of economic factors that help increase demand can allow small businesses to plan for potential growth and future opportunities. Aggregate demand relates to the total amount ...

Aggregate demand is an economic term that encompasses the total amount of goods and services consumers want at an established overall price level and within a given period of time. Supply chain ...

Get the latest news and market analysis from our in-house experts. Real GDP shows the value of an economy’s output, adjusted for any changes in inflation, interest rates or other factors which could ...

What explains the sharp decline in U.S. employment from 2007 to 2009? Why has employment remained stubbornly low? Survey data from the National Federation of Independent Businesses show that the ...

My first bit of evidence [that the short run is over] is corporate profits. They are at an all time high, around two-and-a-half times higher in nominal terms than they were during the late 1990s, our ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

LAST week, Christina Romer (head of Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors) gave a talk on the state of the economy, and particularly on unemployment. She joked that her preferred title for the ...