World Bank forecasts Vietnam's 2025 GDP growth at 6.8%
Vietnam's gross domestic product is projected to grow 6.8% in 2025, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday, noting the ...
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Taiwan says incapable of spending 10% of GDP on defense amid Trump's call for increase
Currently, Taiwan does not have the capability to allocate a defense budget of NT$2.6 trillion ($78 billion),' says Premier ...
Early GDP Indicator Ticks Back Up. Turns Out, Gold Is Behind the Noise.
One of the red flags that market sentiment could be shifting amid President Donald Trump’s back and forth on tariffs last week was the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow indicator. It suddenly dropped ...
Saudi Arabia's GDP grows by 1.3% in 2024
Saudi Arabia's economy grew 1.3% year on year in 2024, preliminary government data showed on Sunday, supported by ...
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It’s Kind of Fitting That Musk Now Wants to Cook the Books on GDP
Heterodox economists have long criticized politicians’ maniacal obsession with GDP growth, pointing to its relatively recent ...
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic ...
CERAWEEK China demand concerns, GDP growth threaten global oil prices, Vitol CEO says
Vitol CEO Russell Hardy said on Monday that he expects global oil prices to move in a lower range than over the past three to ...
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One consequence of government spending cuts? Lower GDP
Government spending makes up 6% of total gross domestic product. And besides, spending cuts come with economic ripple effects ...
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Lagos GDP hits $259 billion, ranks as Africa’s second-largest city economy
Lagos state has cemented its position as one of Africa’s economic powerhouses, with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reaching an ...
Saudi Arabia's fourth-quarter GDP grows by 1.3%
Saudi Arabia's economy grew 1.3% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2024, preliminary government data showed on Sunday, ...
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Federal workers’ salaries represent less than 5% of federal spending and 1% of GDP
That’s 1% of gross domestic product, and almost 5% of total federal spending. The government payroll for other developed ...
The GDP warnings are adding up: Morning Brief
If GDP figures match the increasingly dismal forecasts, the president's aims may prove to be too ambitious to be worth the effort. In the initial phase after the inauguration, a sympathetic view among ...