SIPRI has released new data showing that global military expenditure reached $1.9 trillion in 2019, the highest (inflation-adjusted) level recorded since 1988. Last year's total was 3.6% higher in ...

Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have a small, negative impact on gross domestic product growth, according to economists, the Congressional Budget Office, the International Monetary Fund ...

DUBLIN, March 6 (Reuters) - Ireland's gross domestic product grew by 5.5% in 2019, likely making it the EU's fastest-growing economy again, although it was lower than the 6.3% predicted by the finance ...

When the U.S. President tells his citizens they’re lucky enough to be living through the “greatest economy in the history of America” everything he needs to make that claim comes from a single, simple ...

Trend GDP growth has slowed about 2.3 percentage points to 1.7% since 1950. Different economic sectors have contributed to this slowing to varying degrees depending on the distinct trends of ...

Real U.S. GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the second quarter of 2019; stronger than the 1.8% rate expected in some consensus forecasts. The year-over-year growth rate estimated in the U.S.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Jennifer Spies led Facebook’s product development for the Middle East and Africa, ...

China’s economy could be showing renewed signs of life in 2019. The world’s second-biggest economy grew slightly more than expected in the first quarter of 2019, Chinese government figures showed ...

BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) - China's 2019 gross domestic product (GDP) has been revised down to 6.0% to 98.65 trillion yuan ($15.12 trillion), according to a statement from the National Bureau of ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government has dropped its economic growth forecast for 2019 to 1.0 percent from 1.8 percent due to slower global economic growth and uncertainty about Britain's exit ...

Ireland's gross domestic product grew 2.4% in the first quarter of 2019, growth for last year was revised up to 8.2%, and the finance minister said the momentum had continued through the second ...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy will stagnate in 2019, two think tanks predicted on Wednesday, and the central bank said recession continued at the start of the year, as the government works on new ...