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Economy grew 2.2% in 2025, beating predictions
The growth rate for 2025 was respectable and better than forecast at the outset of the year. But Trump officials had been touting the prospects for a much stronger number, before the publication of a surprisingly weak fourth-quarter GDP report that…
Brighter UK economy gives Reeves a springboard for March statement
The economic backdrop to Rachel Reeves's upcoming spring statement appeared to brighten on Friday after a trio of reports painted a better-than-expected picture of the UK economy. Record monthly public finances, a surge in retail spending and…
The economy's fourth-quarter growth fell short of expectations
Economic growth slowed more than expected at the end of last year. US real gross domestic product rose at an annualized rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter, short of the 2.8% expected. That's also subpar compared to the 4.4% growth in the third…
Strikes Shake India's Gig Economy
Two of the three strikes are related to the gig economy, a centrepiece of the new labour Codes. Three nationwide strikes in the services sector within a space of less than three months are worth noting, even if it is a coincidence that these…
Trump's economic wins cancel out Biden's losses in latest jobs report
The 'experts' were wrong yet again as the January jobs report smashed expectations with every metric beating forecasts. Payrolls were up a whopping 130,000, almost twice what the economy needs to cover population growth. Even better, the labor…
What a fiasco. Trump's tariffs are an economic and legal mess.
This is a total debacle. Can you even imagine what it must be like for people trying to run any business in this environment if it involves importing anything? President Trump imposes tariffs. President Trump changes the tariffs. President Trump…
The economy just flashed a Goldilocks signal - and it's been doing a lot of that lately
There's something different about the feel of the economic data of late. Inflation is slowing. The jobs market is not exactly on fire, but companies also are not laying off workers, as the decline in the unemployment rate and Thursday's report…
Wall Street futures inch back as markets await the government's latest economic reports
Wall Street inched slightly lower early Friday but was still clinging to gains made earlier in the week as markets await important data on the state of the U.S. economy. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all 0.2%…
Africa's largest economies are bouncing back. Do locals feel it?
If you're looking for a reason to be optimistic about Africa's future, here's one: In 2026, the continent's economic growth is expected to outpace Asia's for the first time in modern history, according to the International Monetary Fund. There are…
U.S. economic growth weaker than thought in fourth quarter with government shutdown, consumer pullback
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. economic growth slowed in the final three months of last year, dragged down by the six-week shutdown of the federal government and a pullback in consumer spending. The nation's gross domestic product — the total…
Trump's Economy, One Year Later
Next week, U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union speech of his second term, having presided over an economy that grew 2.2 percent in the past year. Trump's economic agenda, however, was far more ambitious than merely…
GDP grew 2.2% in 2025. The economy might do even better this year.
The U.S. expanded at a subpar 1.4% annual pace in the fourth quarter of 2025, depressed by a long federal shutdown that caused government spending to plunge. Still, the economy grew at a solid 2.2% rate for all of 2025, capping off the fifth…
MMT Is Not an Answer to Britain's Economic Ills
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter. I'm John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. Before we get…
Novo Nordisk Layoffs Add to Denmark's Mounting Economic Anxieties
Hi, this is Charles in Stockholm. Welcome to our weekly newsletter on what's shaping economies and investments from the Arctic to the Baltic Sea. You can subscribe here. While the Danish economy looks strong on paper, Danes are increasingly nervous…
3 reasons Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz thinks the US economy will keep weakening
An esteemed American economist isn't feeling good about where things are headed. Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate and Columbia economist, said he believes the US economy would continue to weaken when speaking to CNBC about his macro outlook on…
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