Economic indicators such as unemployment rate, real GDP, and inflation rate are used to measure how well the economy is doing currently and is expected to do in the future. Unemployment refers to civilians within the labor force who are not currently working but are looking for jobs, which is tracked as a percentage of the civilian labor force. Inflation is defined as a general increase in price levels over time, which the government tracks monthly using the Consumer Price Index to sample prices of common consumer goods. Gross Domestic Product represents the total value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year.