The Latest Breaking News from GDP

European countries should double their defence expenditure because of Russia's war in Ukraine, Estonia's foreign minister said on Monday, adding that his own country planned to raise national defence spending to 3% of GDP.

MUMBAI: Citing a weak manufacturing sector coupled with the steep margin compression, SBI Research has pencilled in the country's GDP growth for the second quarter at 5.8 per cent, down 30 basis points from average estimates.

The total assets of Oman’s Islamic banking sector, including Islamic banks and windows operating in the sultanate, jumped by 9.1 percent year-on-year to reach at RO6.4 billion ($16.6 billion) by late September 2022. Oman’s Islamic banking assets now account for 16.2 percent of the country’s total banking system assets, according…

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) has outlined its 2023 action plan, using what it calls its "Digital Infinity" mission to help increase the country's GDP per person to reach US$10,000 in five years, up from $6,270 in 2021.

RECAP: Asian equities fell yesterday in subdued activity after the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. Chinese shares led declines as investors weighed recent gains against an upswing in Covid-19 infections, which reached a new single-day high above 30,000 infections.

Asked about feared 4% GDP slump, Jeremy Hunt says he doesn’t accept ’all’ OBR forecasts – adding ‘I accept all the ones I agree with’

The World Bank has refuted the anticipations of Banque du Liban (The Central Bank of Lebanon) of a 2 percent growth in GDP in 2022, expecting Lebanon to “contract by 5.4 percent in 2022 amid political paralysis and delays in implementing an economic recovery plan.” “The depth and duration of…

November 24 marks nine months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Despite the expectation of the Kremlin – and many international analysts – Ukraine did not fall within days. It repelled Russia’s advance on the capital Kyiv, turned the tide on the battlefields and has now retaken half of…

Additional restrictions imposed on Palestinian development in Israeli-controlled parts of the West Bank cost the Palestinian economy an estimated $50 billion between 2000 and 2020, the UN development agency said Tuesday. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in report to the UN General Assembly that extra…

It’s time to consider removing decisions about climate change from the short-term political cycle.

The OECD predicts 1.9% economic growth for Australia next year. That’s the good news