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The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can now help to devise better indicators.

Denmark's growth narrative is starting to look more fragile. Statistics Denmark revised second-quarter GDP growth to 1% from the earlier 1.3%, citing weaker foreign trade as the main factor behind the ...

The numbers: The U.S. economy grew at a zippy 5.2% annual pace in the third quarter — faster than previously reported — but the surprisingly strong gain appears to have been a one-off. Gross domestic ...

Per household per day (132.2M households, 2024 FRED): $2.27–$7.56 (consensus), ~$7.94 (our working top), ~$9.08–$9.83 (tail-risk days).

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Indias GDP, currently at 330 lakh crore, will see a major boost with the 2025 GST reforms. Of the total GDP, 202 lakh crore comes from consumption, which ...

The publication, in February 2024, of a household consumption survey by the National Sample Survey (NSS) Office, after a gap of over a decade, has made it possible to estimate the poverty rate in ...

Global debt has stabilized, though it remains at an elevated level, as a continued reduction in private-sector lending offset greater borrowing by governments. Total debt was little changed last year, ...

The moderate power, freight and credit data do suggest GDP estimates could be revised down, says Devangshu Datta. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters There are some apparent paradoxes visible in ...