Bank of Canada rate cut reflects U.S. tariff threat, officials fear permanent GDP hit
Bank of Canada officials decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3% last month to better balance ...
FTSE 100 Live: Pound Strengthens Ahead of GDP Data
FTSE 100 futures are 0.2% higher, after the index closed at another record high on Wednesday. The pound is strengthening ...
Malaysia to target $11.7 billion contribution to GDP from natural gas
Malaysia will launch a plan for its natural gas industry that targets a 52 billion ringgit ($11.7 billion) contribution from ...
Vietnam to raise 2025 GDP growth target to at least 8% despite U.S. tariff risks
Vietnam will officially revise up its gross domestic product growth target for 2025 to at least 8.0% from 6.5%-7.0%, driven ...
Bank of Canada: GDP level would be permanently hit by protracted U.S. trade war
The Bank of Canada's governing council felt that a protracted trade conflict with the U.S. would permanently shrink the level ...
U.S. GDP Growth Slowed In Q4 2024 To 2.3% Due To Falling Inventories
U.S. gross domestic product grew by 2,3% in Q4 2024 after expanding by 3.1% in Q3. Consumption was the lion's share of growth ...
Money blog: 'Very welcome' news for chancellor as GDP defies expectations
In Money today: the UK economy is growing, GDP figures show, against analysts expectations; Lidl has trumped Aldi to become ...
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Measuring a Country’s Progress Goes Well Beyond GDP
Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a session exploring reforms of global economic rules to better align with human rights. Specifically, experts discussed developing indicators to ...
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Consumer spending was — once again — key to GDP growth last quarter
Economic growth came in pretty strong for the fourth quarter. GDP rose at an annual rate of 2.3%. And consumer spending rose ...
GDP Prints At Just 2.3%; 40 Bps Below Expectations
GDP growth for Q4 2024 was 2.3%, below the 2.7% consensus estimate and our forecast range of 2.75% (+/-25 bps). Read more on ...
UK GDP: Some good news, for once
The GDP surprise has boosted the pound, and GBP/USD is back above $1.25, as a double whammy of good news, including the Ukraine/ Russia peace talks also give hope that energy costs could fall. We ...
Japan Q4 GDP seen growing despite weak consumption - Reuters poll
Japan's economy probably expanded in the final three months of 2024 marking a third quarter of consecutive growth, a Reuters ...