SIPRI has released new data showing that global military expenditure reached $1.9 trillion in 2019, the highest (inflation-adjusted) level recorded since 1988. Last year's total was 3.6% higher in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says the U.S economy grew a bit more slowly last year than it had previously estimated and slightly faster in 2018. Those changes emerged Thursday in the government’s ...

The third estimate of U.S. GDP growth was released today, confirming the previous estimate of 2%. This number may look low, but it is actually pretty good considering that analysts at the Federal ...

DUBLIN, March 6 (Reuters) - Ireland's gross domestic product grew by 5.5% in 2019, likely making it the EU's fastest-growing economy again, although it was lower than the 6.3% predicted by the finance ...

BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) - China's 2019 gross domestic product (GDP) has been revised down to 6.0% to 98.65 trillion yuan ($15.12 trillion), according to a statement from the National Bureau of ...

Economic theory suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) and labor input are the two key drivers of economic growth. For background, TFP is a broad measure of the productivity of the inputs used ...

The Commerce Department will announce the latest GDP numbers Friday, and they will probably be solid. The economy seems to be growing at an annual rate of about 2%, which is not bad for the 11th year ...

Each week of the ongoing government shutdown could cost the economy $7 billion and reduce GDP growth by 0.1 percentage points ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Some newly released figures show the Bend-Redmond metro area (Deschutes County) saw a notable drop in the growth its gross domestic product in 2018, though still among the fastest ...

DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Bahrain's budget deficit shrank to 4.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 from 6.3% a year earlier, the ministry of finance said on Monday citing preliminary fiscal ...