The Latest Breaking News from GDP

The key to winning the climate debate isn’t economics: it’s health

The environment ranks low in polls of the public’s fears, while sickness ranks top. Yet we will all get more ill as the planet heats

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2022

Shanghai's economy slows as COVID deals blow to industry, retail

The economy of Shanghai, China's most populous city, slowed in the first quarter from the end of 2021, hurt by rare declines in industrial output and retail sales that were hammered by the country's most serious COVID outbreak.

Reuters · Apr 23, 2022

The Prime Minister's failure to establish a federal ICAC looks like a broken promise

The Prime Minister blamed a lack of "bipartisan support" for his government's failure to establish a federal anti-corruption body. But the evidence suggests it's a broken promise.

ABC News · Apr 21, 2022

Global tourism to recover by 2023, post 10-year growth spurt

MANILA: The global travel and tourism sectors are projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 and grow at a rate that will outpace global gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Apr 21, 2022

Saudi GDP Expected to Grow to $895 Bln in 2025

A Saudi economic indicator announced on Wednesday its estimates that the Kingdom's GDP will reach SAR 3 trillion ($895 billion) in 2025, emphasizing the balanced growth of the national economy during the last period. The index, run by the Research and Information Center at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 21, 2022

Government spending increased $2 trillion in 2020, but GDP fell by nearly a trillion

How did GDP fall despite a historic increase in government spending due to the 2020 stimulus? Part of it has to do with the highest saving rate since 1945.

USAFacts · Feb 26, 2021

What is gross domestic product, or GDP?

GDP is an overall measure of economic activity. How is it calculated and used?

USAFacts · Mar 16, 2020

Want to increase GDP? Buy more Roasted Mashed Aubergine Masala

Last week, the Government released figures of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and it led to a lot of general furor about the state of our economy. While economists, politicians and commentators like to go bananas over this one term, it is quite difficult for a mango person to understand…

Newslaundry · Sep 4, 2019

Bharatiya Janata Party’s GDP Jumla

The latest set of gross domestic product (GDP) numbers were released yesterday.

Newslaundry · Jun 1, 2018