Big, beautiful budgets: not just an American problem Across the rich world, governments are splashing the cash. What could go wrong?

Despite an easing of U.S.-China tensions, the world economy still faces a sharp slowdown this year from the most severe trade war since the 1930s, according to Fitch Ratings.

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...

MINSK, 12 June (BelTA) - The World Bank has significantly improved its GDP forecast for Belarus in 2025. Last year, the bank predicted growth of 1.2%, while now the economy is expected to grow by ...

The World Bank says tariffs will hurt global growth, estimating that the trade war will shave almost half a percentage point from world GDP growth this year.

The world’s largest economy is expected to grow by just 1.4% in 2025, a sharp deceleration from the 2.8% expansion recorded in 2024.

The OECD has lowered its global GDP growth projection to 2.9% for both 2025 and 2026, citing heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty, especially due to U.S. tariffs. Yet Taiwan could be ...

The world economy will lose pace this year, hamstrung by uncertainty stemming from whipsawing U.S. trade policy, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's new forecasts.

Texas, with its $2.7 trillion of GDP in 2024, would rank No. 8. That’s roughly the size of Italy’s economy. Here are the other states in last year’s global Top 25 … ...

California is not the only state economy that’s a business powerhouse on a global scale. The state’s businesses produced $4.1 trillion worth of goods and services in 2024, according to gross domestic ...