Eduardo Porter This is just arithmetic: To get gross domestic product, you subtract imports from the data on investment and ...

The latest news and expert analysis about the state of the global economy. U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in March as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles to avoid higher prices ...

GDP report can't be viewed through the normal lens of economic evaluation because of all the tariff-related distortions. Some of the numbers in the report are downright bizarre. Take the trade deficit ...

The economy shrank 0.3% in the first three months of the year, a steep downturn from the pace of growth in 2024.

Gross domestic products contracted at a 0.3% annual rate in the first quarter. Record trade deficit behind the first decline since early 2022. Consumer spending, the main conduit of economic growth, ...

According to the 2025 World Happiness Report, which was released last month, the happiest country in the world is Finland, ...

Donald Trump's trade policies, aimed at bolstering domestic manufacturing, are impacting the global economy. The US dollar is ...

California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the threat posed by President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the tech powerhouse’s ...

China warned a G20 meeting that world economic growth was "insufficient" as tariff and trade wars exacerbated economic and ...

Two U.S. states made it into the top 10 largest economies in the world, according to the latest data from the IMF.