Tracking GDP over time helps a government make decisions such as whether to stimulate the economy by pumping more cash into it or to cool it by pulling money out.

This saw Guyana become the world’s second-fastest-growing country, with the performance only eclipsed by the Beijing-controlled Macao SAR, where GDP grew 80.5%.

At the same time, the official GDP Price Index – a good measure of inflation – rose just 2.3% in the quarter, less than the 2.6% expected by economists and very close to the Fed’s 2% target.

Forecast for 2028: GDP contributions from real-time payments will total $285.8 billion – a 74.2% increase over five years, equivalent to the labor of 16.9 million workers.

The Ukrainian president also said plans for NATO members to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 are "very slow".

The United States upholds its status as the major global economy and richest country, with a GDP of over $30.34 trillion as of 2025, steadfastly preserving its pinnacle position from 1960 to 2025.

Bhutan, a Himalayan nation with fewer than 1 million people, has accumulated over $780 million in bitcoin, representing nearly a third of its GDP, through mining operations run by state-owned Druk ...

National debt at 100% of GDP for first time since 1960s. The chancellor is already seeking big savings to fill, what she says, is a £22bn legacy black hole in the public finances.

NATO members are set to agree to a goal to increase their defense spending level to 5% of their GDP as a means to address a long-held grievance by President Donald Trump.