Using the Word Doc (linked below) please make some comments on CPI, GDP, and unemployment rate statistics. You are requested to make some economic observations from at least two different continents. Share your opinions on why the countries you are analyzing have strong or weak economic data. Is their any connection to how much the government is involved (planned vs. free market economies) and global trade?

What does the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) actually measure in terms of activity within the economy?

Economic data