api: YAML JSON TOON Database
version: 1.0.0
format: yaml
dataset:
  id: 2840
  slug: macroeconomic-indicators
  title: Macroeconomic Indicators
  description: Key indicators used to assess economic health.
  summary: "The headline measures of an economy's performance: GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, balance of trade and national debt, extended with GDP per capita, consumer and producer price indices, labor-force participation, the current account, the Gini coefficient, exchange rates, purchasing managers' index, consumer confidence, budget balance and the yield curve."
  use_when:
    - You need a definition of an indicator and what it signals.
    - You are deciding which measure answers a question about growth, prices or jobs.
  caveats:
    - Indicators are estimated and revised; the first release often differs from the final figure.
    - Definitions differ by country (unemployment, for example, has several official measures).
  related:
    - fiscal-policy-tools
    - monetary-policy-tools
    - market-structures
    - statistics-basics
  entry_count: 17
  fields:
    - section: data
      field: indicator
      type: string
      example: GDP
    - section: data
      field: description
      type: string
      example: Total monetary value of goods and services prod…
  category: Economics
  category_slug: economics
  tags: economics,indicators,macro
  view_count: 47
  created_at: 1793403093
  updated_at: 1793403093
data:
  - indicator: GDP
    description: Total monetary value of goods and services produced in a country.
  - indicator: Inflation
    description: Rate at which the general price level rises.
  - indicator: Unemployment
    description: Percentage of the labor force without work.
  - indicator: Interest Rate
    description: Cost of borrowing or return on savings.
  - indicator: Balance of Trade
    description: Difference between exports and imports.
  - indicator: National Debt
    description: Total outstanding debt owed by a government.
  - indicator: GDP per Capita
    description: Gross domestic product divided by population; an average that does not show distribution.
  - indicator: Consumer Price Index (CPI)
    description: Tracks the cost of a basket of goods and services bought by households; the usual inflation measure.
  - indicator: Producer Price Index (PPI)
    description: Tracks prices received by producers for their output, often a leading signal of consumer inflation.
  - indicator: Labor Force Participation Rate
    description: Share of the working-age population that is employed or looking for work.
  - indicator: Current Account Balance
    description: A country's net trade in goods and services plus income and transfers with the rest of the world.
  - indicator: Gini Coefficient
    description: A measure of income or wealth inequality from 0 (equal) to 1 (one person has everything).
  - indicator: Exchange Rate
    description: The price of one currency in terms of another.
  - indicator: Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)
    description: A survey-based indicator of business conditions; readings above 50 signal expansion.
  - indicator: Consumer Confidence Index
    description: A survey measure of household optimism about the economy and personal finances.
  - indicator: Government Budget Balance
    description: Revenue minus spending for a government, often shown as a share of GDP.
  - indicator: Yield Curve
    description: Interest rates of bonds across maturities; an inverted curve has often preceded recessions.