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While President Trump is hoping for another healthy gain in GDP, the real issue already may be beyond what happened in the third quarter.
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President Donald Trump now has used the Twitter platform to declare a national emergency, citing one of his favorite subjects.
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Saudi Arabia is the 41st-most populous country in the world, and it posts the 19th-largest nominal GDP. It also ranks fourth in the world based on military expenditures.
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Outsiders have questioned the accuracy of China's economic data for years. In part, that is because skeptics think the government manipulates the information to present a picture it would like the...
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The World Economic Forum has been gauging national competitiveness for nearly four decades. The United States has moved into first place among the 140 countries measured.
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While interest rates are expected to keep rising, Federal Reserve officials seem split about the actual path of interest rate hikes.
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The Federal Reserve released its most recent views on industrial production in the United States on Tuesday.
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It is plain that the only thing that can start to begin to push the deficit down is an economy so strong that it causes a surge in federal government receipts. The argument has been made before and...
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Recently released data from the IRS shows that the top 0.001% of U.S. taxpayers pay nearly the same proportion of all U.S. federal income tax as the bottom 50%.
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The Commerce Department has reported that U.S. retail sales rose less than expected during the month of September.
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The IMF warns that trade tensions, particularly with the United States, could tamp down China's gross domestic product.
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The National Federation of Independent Business reported Tuesday that small-business optimism dipped slightly in September from a 45-year record high in August.
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The IMF's World Economic Outlook, October 2018, warns that global expansion of gross domestic product will slow from its previous forecasts for this year and next.
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Two things about Hurricane Michael seem clear as it heads toward the easternmost part of Florida.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that if the world is to keep global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, it will require "unprecedented" effort.
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