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A new report by the Fraser Institute on Canada’s economic growth illustrates the wisdom of the famous saying popularized by Mark Twain that, “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and ...

The Australian economy was stronger than expected in the June quarter, with GDP up 0.6% and by 1.8% over the previous twelve months. But will it continue? And what does it mean for profits and the RBA ...

The OECD on Tuesday raised its growth forecast for the U.S. economy in 2025 on the back of AI investments, but noted that tariffs and lower net immigration are taking a toll and would lead to slowing ...

Consumer spending growth was revised up to +2.5% in Q2. The first estimate had pegged consumer spending growth at a worrisomely anemic 1.4%, the second estimate at 1.6%.

The BEA's third estimate of real gross domestic product showed economic growth increased at an annual rate of 3.8% in Q2 2025. The increase in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected a ...

Second-quarter GDP was revised up to a strong 3.8% rate. That comes after the GDP contracted in the first quarter.

Fitch Ratings has revised India's FY26 GDP growth forecast upwards to 6.9%, citing strong domestic demand and easing financial conditions. Despite short-term trade uncertainties with the US, a trade ...

Euronews Business examines how real household income per capita and real GDP per capita changed in the first quarter of 2025. Real household income per capita fell in many European countries in the ...

Special Adviser, Media and Public Communication and Spokesperson to the President, Sunday Dare, has said the expansion of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product by 4.23 per cent in the second quarter of ...

China’s economic performance has been stellar over the past three decades, with remarkable and persistent high growth that lifted the economy from low-income to upper-middle-income status. Measured at ...

GDP exceeded economists’ predictions for economic growth and activity in the second quarter, after the marginal growth of 0.1% in the first quarter of the year. Mining, manufacturing, trade and ...