Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

A programming instruction that directs the computer to another part of the program based on the results of a compare. High-level language statements, such as IF THEN ELSE and CASE, are used to express ...

Economic forecasts usually provide point estimates for the conditional mean of GDP growth (or the GDP gap). However, such point forecasts ignore risks around the central forecast and, at times, may ...