Answer and Explanation:
The purpose of economic indicators lie in the very need to understand the state of the economy currently and also be able to predict future economic activities on this basis of these indicators. These economic indicators are macroeconomic such that they aim to keep the government and all other interest parties such as economists and analysts in the loop about changing economic health and performance. For example the GDP which measures the general output in a given year aims to give us a picture of the well being of the economy by giving us information on total output in a year in terms of goods and services produced and consumed such that economists are able to tell if there is an inflation or deflation for instance and what opportunities to explore