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 ...

Just like people and businesses, countries often need to borrow money to finance projects. Almost every country in the world carries some amount of debt, but some countries owe far more than others. A ...

In times of economic turbulence, revisions to GDP data can be sizable, which makes conducting economic policy in real time during a crisis more difficult. A simple model based on Okun’s law can help ...