Over the past few months, several major central banks have resumed hiking rates, reversing a global easing phase in 2024 and 2025 (Figure 1). The move comes amid persistent core inflation holding 0.5% ...

The World Bank expects Uzbekistan’s GDP to grow 7.9% in 2026, the highest rate in Europe and Central Asia, with AI also ...

The third-quarter headline GDP report is issued at the very end of the fourth quarter, and the number itself appears impressive. Real GDP growth in the third quarter exceeded expectations, and the ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The US economy grew at a solid clip in the second quarter, driven by robust consumer spending and business investment related to the buildout of AI infrastructure.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investing, markets and Berkshire Hathaway. Stocks have posted impressive returns in 2025, but saw a sharp pullback ...

Q4 2025 GDP growth was weak at 1.4%, but largely distorted by a temporary government shutdown, masking stable private sector demand. Consumer spending and AI-driven nonresidential investment supported ...

Q3 U.S. GDP increased +4.3%, at an annual rate, in Q3 2025, surpassing the +3.2% consensus and accelerating from +3.8% in Q2, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Tuesday.

Trump argued rapid growth should not prompt Fed rate hikes, even as inflation remains above the central bank’s 2% target.

The World Bank forecast that Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) would grow by 7.4 percent this year, driven by strong growth in manufacturing and exports of high-tech and AI-related goods, ...

"If you buy stocks in a country with economic growth, the stock price will also rise."This is a reason often heard in ...

The debate is less about a single figure than about a decade-long erosion of trust in official statistics.

Canada's economy is set for slower growth in the third quarter after a strong rebound in the prior three months, with gross domestic product estimated to have increased 0.2% monthly in August ...