{
    "api": "YAML JSON TOON Database",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "format": "json",
    "dataset": {
        "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"
        ],
        "category": "Economics",
        "category_slug": "economics",
        "tags": "economics,indicators,macro",
        "view_count": 0,
        "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…"
            }
        ]
    },
    "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."
        }
    ]
}