GDP popularity and GDP trends

The economic burden of disease currently consumes about 13 percent of China's gross domestic product (GDP), Vice Minister of Health Wang Guoqiang said Friday.

Mitt Romney explains Keynesian budgeting: Halperin: You have a plan, as you said, over a number of years, to reduce spending dramatically. Why not in the first year, if you’re elected — why not in 2013, go all the way and propose the kind of budget with spending restraints, that you’d like to see after four years in office? Why not do it more quickly?Romney: Well because, if you take a trillion...

The UK economy could be plunged even deeper into recession with a GDP contraction of up to 2pc if Greece is forced into a disorderly exit from the eurozone.

 KARACHI - Senior teachers of public colleges have urged the government not to ignore the significance of education by allocating a very meager amount for the sector in the next annual budget of the country and Sindh as well. The democratic government is required to allocate almost five per cent of the country’s GDP for the promotion of education, while UNICEF is of the view that ...

European shares defied the latest economic gloom today as investors jumped back into the market on the hope of picking up cheap-looking stocks.

In a fresh blow to the Government, Britain is enduring its longest economic slump for a century as gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.3% between January and March down from a first estimate of 0.2%.

Contraction of 0.3% increases the pressure on George Osborne to explain how the coalition plans to drag the country out of recessionBritain's economy contracted by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, faster than previously thought, increasing the pressure on George Osborne to explain how the coalition plans to drag the country out of recession.The Office for National Statistics said the...

In a fresh blow to George Osborne, Britain is enduring its longest economic slump for a century as gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.3% between January and March down from a first estimate of 0.2%

LAHORE - The proposed fiscal deficit for fiscal year 2012-13 is expected at 4.2 per cent of the GDP or Rs 1,125 billion, with an ambitious outlay of Rs 4 trillion, experts said. Experts’ budget highlights suggest that the government is likely to pursue a fiscal deficit reduction, primarily through bringing more economic resources under the tax net, with a targeted revenue collection of Rs 3 ...

LAHORE - The proposed fiscal deficit for fiscal year 2012-13 is expected at 4.2 per cent of the GDP or Rs 1,125 billion, with an ambitious outlay of Rs 4 trillion, experts said. Experts’ budget highlights suggest that the government is likely to pursue a fiscal deficit reduction, primarily through bringing more economic resources under the tax net, with a targeted revenue collection of Rs 3 ...

Over quarter of workers to be out of a job in 2013, organization predicts. Spanish government needs measures such as higher VAT, report says

IRELAND RANKS among the EU countries with the lowest tax revenues and only Slovakia has lower revenues in the euro zone, a new study has found.

Probe deeper than GDP readings, and the news isn't good

Premiums in the auto and workers compensation (ART) segments are expected to keep leading growth in Argentina's P&C insurance industry this year on the back of higher car sales and a reduction in unem...

You’re right if you think it’s premature to talk about Facebook as a contender to become the first $1 trillion company. The social n…

There they go again. The White House and Congress are starting to circle each other in another mindless default dawdle while Greece teeters, Italy shakes, Spain splinters and France frets. The Eurozone's southern states are staggering toward insolvency while millions of Europeans cope with Depression-style suffering. The Greek political system is suffering a nervous breakdown, with spoiled vote...

Japan's economy kicked off the year generating growth that puts most rest of the industrialized world to shame. Gross domestic product expanded at an annualized rate of 4.1% in the quarter. Still, there are worrying long-term trends.

ECONOMIC DATA from Germany and the US provided a counterweight to ongoing concerns about Greece and the euro. German GDP figures released yesterday showed its economy grew by an impressive 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of this year.

European news is boosting markets this morning for a change, as Germany said its GDP rose 0.5% in the first quarter, which was better than expectations. In the U.S., data also pointed a generally positive picture. Retail sales grew 0.1%, above expectations for no growth, and the consumer price index was flat. The Empire State [...]

The German economy returned to growth in the first quarter of the year with a 0.5% rise in GDP, but France's economy recorded zero growth.

Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji are the co-founders of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) with Geoffrey H. Moore, and the co-authors of Beating the Business Cycle: How to Predict and Profit from Turning Points in the Economy, published by Currency Doubleday.

On January 19th, 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order and announced new administrative initiatives to significantly increase travel and tourism in and to the United States. The U.S. travel and tourism industry is a substantial component of U.S. GDP, exports, and employment, and efforts to make America the top tourist destination in the world offer a tremendous opportunity to create...

"I wish to address the most important policy question of the millennium: Should we build a Death Star?" Yes, I realize this Washington Post piece by Gregory Koger is big fat pile of flaming linkbait, but at least it's not a 12-page slide show or a top ten list. His economic excercise is inspired by [...]

A COALITION government would aim to deliver a surplus worth one per cent of GDP, Opposition says.

The gap may appear small. But for a poor country it could be lethal. India’s trendline annual GDP growth rate has fallen from just under 9%  in fiscal 2010 to 6.9% in fiscal 2012. If the deceleration is restricted to a year, or at most two, the economic damage can be contained. If, however, the slump to sub-7% GDP growth extends for a period of time, the consequences for India’s economy will be...

The Indian government is committed to bringing down subsidies to below two percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in the current fiscal and cut it further to 1.75% in the next three years, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday.

It's a good time to be an American corporate executive, but not such a great time to be a job seeker. That's because U.S. corporate profits have returned to prerecession levels, but hiring and investment have not, according to a report by the International Institute for Labour Studies released on Friday. Corporate profits, which keep hitting all-time highs, are back to their prerecession levels...

With the food business thriving again in the midst of America's economic upswing ? consistently claiming a whopping 4 percent of GDP -- some of the nation's top eateries are quietly embracing data mining to eke out profit in a tough economy. Software systems like Compeat, Hotschedules and Eatec help restaurants track complex metrics like sales trends, employee overtime, and food orders from sup...

Data out today that Canada's economy actually shrank in February signals first quarter growth could be well below the Bank of Canada's forecast. Will this change the bank's recent hawkish tone?

THE Australian dollar has risen steeply on weak US growth data.

THE Australian dollar has rallied almost one US cent on weak American growth data.

Even though the economy continues to grow, consumers can’t maintain that growth on their own, and the growth we’re seeing isn’t strong enough to quickly bring down the unemployment rate, writes economist Christian Weller.

Economic growth decelerated in the first three months of the year, adding to fears that the uneven recovery is hitting yet another soft patch.

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stock market futures are gaining modestly ahead of a government report on economic growth....

PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed opening on Wall Street on Friday amid a slew of earnings reports and ahead of U.S. first-quarter GDP figures.

The first take on economic growth in the past quarter, due Friday, is subject to revision because it is based on incomplete data. But it is complete enough that how forecasts change in the run-up to the release serves as a running barometer of the economy. Macroeconomic Advisers' estimates for first-quarter U.S. growth rose to 3.2% this week from 1.8% on Jan. 18.

Economist says UK official GDP stats don't add up

The news will heap further pressure on an embattled coalition Government and spark more criticism that Chancellor George Osborne is harming the recovery with his painful austerity cuts.

The Prime Minister puts brave face on recession figures and tells MPs Britain must keep trying to boost the private sector.

UK'S GDP dropped 0.2 per cent in first quarter of 2012, according to ONS figures

A group of billionaires and former NASA scientists is now unveiling the first asteroid mining company in history. They claim they will "add trillions of dollars to the global GDP" and "help ensure humanity's prosperity" by mining asteroids for rare metals like gold and platinum. More »

The general manager sits in his team's dugout before a game, talking about the gathering storm. "The divide is just going to grow even more," he says, of the widening gap between baseball's Haves and Have-Nots. The GM talks about the extraordinary money being thrown around in the game -- a franchise is sold for roughly the GDP of Guyana, a first baseman signs a $225 million extension with a tea...

Crime generates an estimated $2.1 trillion (£1.3 trillion) in global annual proceeds - or 3.6 per cent of the world's gross domestic product - according to the UN.

Employment growth can stall for periods of up to half a year without being related to the business cycle

The Formula One (F1) has always been a loss-leader for Bahrain. The country pays a fee to host it -- estimated to be at least $40 million each year -- and doesn't recoup this in direct ticket sales. Rather, the race is supposed to stimulate business worth hundreds of millions of dollars through its knock-on effect on other business. A 2008 study commissioned by the state sovereign wealth fund,...

Cabinet approves a three-year economic plan which sets a budget deficit target of 0.5% of GDP in 2013, against an original target of 0.1%

The RBI hinted at lowering interest rates saying that focus of monetary policy needs to be shifted to arrest declining growth while keeping inflation under control.

There are over three million family-run small businesses in the UK and they contribute to nearly a quarter of the UK's GDP. But what is it like to work with your family?

Die Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP) fordert einen Maßnahmenkatalog gegen „Kampfradler“. Der GdP-Vorsitzende Bernhard Witthaut erläutert, woran gedacht ist.

GDP in China jumped 8.1 per cent, falling short of forecasts as the economy grew at its slowest rate since the first quarter of 2009.

Internet users from countries with a higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) are more likely to search for information about the future than information about the past, a quantitative analysis of Google search queries has shown.

The Central Bank expects the unemployment rate to go unchanged this year before dropping slightly in 2013.

Emden/Berlin (dpa) - Nach der überraschenden Wende beim Mord an der elfjährigen Lena in Emden warnt die Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP) vor Vorverurteilungen in Sozialen Netzwerken im Internet. ...

By Nina ChestneyLONDON (Reuters) - Traditional measures showing strong economic growth in Brazil and India over nearly two decades fail to take account of the depletion of their natural resources, scientists and economists at a climate conference said on Wednesday.Scientists and environment groups have been pressuring governments to include the value of their countries' natural resources - and ...

Rapid GDP growth is the best antidote for poverty. That is the big message that comes blaring out of the poverty data for 2009-10.

So says Citi by 2020. Good news for U.S. GDP, jobs and the dollar as well as geopolitics.

Prime minister tells economic forum for nations' minorities greater integration could lead to GDP of $40,000 per person.

The Internet is contributing more to the American economy than the entire federal government, according to a new study by the Boston Consulting Group. The Internet accounted for $684 billion, or 4.7% of all U.S. economic activity in 2010, according to latest report released by Boston Consulting Group. The Internet economy in the U.K. accounted for the highest percentage of national GDP in 201...

The internet contributes 8.3 per cent to UK GDP, according to a new study - more than any other economy in the G20.

A study suggests that the internet contributes to 8.3% of UK GDP, a bigger share than for any of the other G20 major economies.

Local officials are to blame for pursing GDP growth at the cost of almost everything else. Many people I encounter think pretty much the same, as if brainwashed: That for the countryside to become a better place, it has to turn into an urban area.

by danendra jain   Reality of stimulus package is now visible; Fiscal deficit is increasing , trade deficit is increasing, current account deficit is increasing and GDP is coming down, IIP figure is coming down, rating of banks is coming down rating of country is at alarming position and so on …. I do not know whether it was meant for what it has resulted in. I may categorically say that th...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spending at hospitals surged in the fourth quarter, government data showed on Thursday, suggesting economic growth during that period could be revised significantly higher.

Brazil's economy grew a sluggish 2.7% in 2011, the government statistics agency IBGE reported Tuesday, far below its target of 4.5%.

The decision was taken in a meeting held in the PMO on the government's priorities in the health sector, particularly over the next five years.

SA's GDP expanded to a growth rate of 3.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011, but experts say this isn't enough to lift the pall over the economy.

THE ECONOMIC and Social Research Institute (ESRI) forecasts, in its latest quarterly commentary, a moderate rate of growth (0.9 per cent of GDP) for the Irish economy this year – but does so with some hesitation. The estimate is predicated on no serious downturn occurring in the global economy, and in the euro zone in particular. Otherwise, this would “seriously reduce the Irish growth rate”. E...

BRUSSELS (AP) -- An EU diplomat says that an agreement has been reached to give Greece euro130 billion ($170 billion) more in bailout loans and bring its debt down to 120.5 percent of GDP by 2020....

Der CDU-Innenminister von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lorenz Caffier, will Gesichtsscanner in Stadien einsetzen. Das ist selbst der Polizei-Gewerkschaft GdP zu viel. mehr...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece expects its 2011 budget deficit will be smaller than expected at between 9.1 and 9.4 percent of GDP, thanks to an emergency property tax, a finance ministry official said on Friday, a development that could help Athens in its bailout talks with the EU and IMF.

Just 10 percent of Indians are Internet subscribers.

The global economy will grow by only 0.5 per cent in 2012, effectively shrinking on a per capita basis, unless there is rapid action to create jobs, prevent sovereign debt distress and shore up fragile banks, a United Nations study said today.

There was a big increase in the price of Afghan opium last year compared to 2010, the UN says, with farmers earning the equivalent of 9% of GDP.

Austerity package expected to save $11.5bn, with 2011 deficit estimated to equal 8 per cent of GDP, well above target.

Rise follows similar growth in 2010; GDP per capita rises 2.9% in 2011; Israel's population grows 1.9%.

A MINUS sign for GDP in the March quarter would put a third decade of uninterrupted growth at risk.

But many financial-services execs endorse it as protecting an industry that generates 10% of GDP

A RISE in company profits reflects high commodity prices and a peak in Australia's terms of trade, economists say.

The Indian economy grows at its slowest pace in two-years, as the manufacturing and mining industry suffer.

Wie hoch ist die Strahlenbelastung durch den bevorstehenden Castor-Transport wirklich? Die Angaben zu der möglichen Belastung sind widersprüchlich. Die rheinland-pfälzische Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP) fordert deshalb, den für diese Woche anstehenden Transport abzusagen oder zumindest umzuleiten.

Brazil’s phone business will grow faster than GDP, as wireless voice and data replace fixed lines, and TIM Brazil (TSU) is the “natural winner” write the team of analysts at Bernstein Research Friday as they initiate coverage. They also write that Telefônica Brasil, which trades in the U.S. as (VIV) has a wireless business that [...]

The International Monetary Fund says it has cut its economic growth projections for South Africa to 3% for this year and next due to a sluggish global economy.