In business, not all income and costs directly match up with the goods and services sold or the assets purchased. In many cases, the value received is actually delayed over time. According to ...

The share of household income spent on food is an indicator of national wellness and food security. In 1857, economist Ernst Engel posited that as incomes rise, households tend to spend a smaller ...

In the first three quarters, the nationwide per capita disposable income of residents stood at 32,509 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.1 percent over the previous year, and a real increase of 5.2 percent ...

This paper was presented at the First Conference of the Americas, held by the Organization of American States in Washington on 6 March 1998. Great social inequality has long been a frustrating feature ...

The point and aim of an economy is the people keep getting better off. Consumption makes up some 70% of all demand in the economy, meaning that if consumption is rising so, likely, will the whole of ...

Gross domestic income and gross domestic product—GDI and GDP—measure aggregate economic activity using income and expenditure data, respectively. Discrepancies between the initial estimates of ...