U.S. gross domestic product rose 2.3% in fourth quarter, up 2.8% for 2024 as a whole
Real U.S. Gross Domestic Product in the fourth quarter 2024 rose at an annual rate of 2.3%, according to the Commerce ...
Houston region leads major U.S. metros in two-year GDP growth
Houston’s GDP growth outpaced the nation’s two largest metropolitan areas, New York and Los Angeles, which saw two-year ...
Taiwan needs to hike defense spending to 10% of GDP-Pentagon nominee
Taiwan needs to dramatically hike defense spending to around 10% of gross domestic product in order to deter a war with China ...
Germany's likely next governing parties seek looser debt rules for more defense spending
BERLIN (AP) — The prospective partners in Germany’s next government said Tuesday that they will seek to loosen the nation’s ...
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Taiwan should spend 10% of GDP on defense, Pentagon No. 3 pick Colby says
Taiwan needs to increase its defense spending to around 10% of gross domestic product, a figure quadruple the 2.45% it currently allocates, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for a key Pentagon ...
Commerce Secretary’s Comments Raise Fears of Interference in Federal Data
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, suggested government spending should be excluded from data about U.S. economic output ...
South African Economy Shifted Back to Growth in Fourth Quarter
South Africa’s economy expanded modestly in the fourth quarter following a mild contraction in the previous period.
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Germany moves to rewrite debt rules to unleash defense spending
Germany and Europe must now undertake extraordinary efforts to ensure our defense capabilities,” said Chancellor-in-waiting ...
California Keeps Making the US Great — Again
California is “an economic and technological powerhouse” that “is literally subsidizing the rest of the United States, red ...
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 ...
US firm agrees to buy Panama Canal ports at center of Trump fury
American asset management giant BlackRock has agreed to buy two ports at either end of the Panama Canal from a Hong ...
Trump official floats new approach on GDP, as economy poised to slow sharply
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wants to separate government spending from GDP, which economists worry could lead to cherry ...