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, ...
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 ...