Successful companies are forever planning ahead, because they need lead time to prepare for implementing their plans. An aggregate forecast addresses a company's capacity requirements -- the amount of ...

Explore how fiscal policy and monetary policy drive aggregate demand, influencing economic growth through spending, taxation, and money supply changes.

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of ...

For economists trying to measure the health of an economy, there are a number of similar sounding but slightly different concepts that can confuse those without a background in macroeconomics. Two of ...

Back when the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index) launched in 1976, it was the first of its kind. It provided aggregate exposure to the U.S. bond market and ...