Trump officials want to measure the economy's health in a way that may hide DOGE cuts
Trump administration officials have suggested they may try to look differently at a key economic measure of America's ...
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It’s Kind of Fitting That Musk Now Wants to Cook the Books on GDP
Heterodox economists have long criticized politicians’ maniacal obsession with GDP growth, pointing to its relatively recent ...
Gross domestic product: Grossly inadequate as a measure of well-being
GDP is a construct that tells us far less about progress than the hoopla around it would suggest. India’s statistical system ...
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Raise Europe Growth Forecasts While Cutting Those for the U.S.
Last week featured two big events that promoted economists to lower forecasts for U.S. economic growth while raising them for Europe. One was the last-minute reprieve for Canada and Mexico on tariffs, ...
Trump’s policies have shaken a once-solid economic outlook
President Donald Trump inherited an economy that was, by most conventional measures, firing on all cylinders. Wages, consumer ...
Commerce Secretary’s Comments Raise Fears of Interference in Federal Data
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, suggested government spending should be excluded from data about U.S. economic output ...
China has more room to act on fiscal policy amid global uncertainties, finance minister says
China has more room to act on fiscal policy amid domestic and external uncertainties, Finance Minister Lan Fo’an told ...
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Ghana’s growth slows in fourth quarter of 2024
Ghana’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter of last year, dragged down by a weaker performance of the industry sector, the country’s statistics agency said on Monday. Gross domestic product ...
‘Very concerned' about Europe's struggling economy, European Central Bank policymaker Centeno says
"I am very concerned about the European economy," European Central Bank policymaker Mário Centeno told CNBC's "Squawk Box ...