To revive private investment, policymakers must act to improve mass consumption, and public expenditure needs to be ...

For the first time in more than 60 years, public sector net debt was greater than a whole year’s worth of economic output. Only it now turns out that this didn’t really happen at all. The chart below ...

That’s how much “Buffett cash” now sits on Berkshire Hathaway’s balance sheet after Greg Abel’s first quarter as CEO.

That’s how much “Buffett cash” now sits on Berkshire Hathaway’s balance sheet after Greg Abel’s first quarter as CEO. Warren ...

Investors should prepare for lower interest rates, weaker economic growth, improving earnings, jitters around the upcoming ...

The United Nations wants scientists to help design indicators of progress that go beyond GDP. Researchers should seize the chance and be aware of past failures.

One of the main riddles of modern macroeconomics is the deep dissonance between official statistical data and ordinary consumers' perception of reality. According to reports from the U.S. Bureau of ...

The U.S. national debt has now surpassed the size of the U.S. economy, a historic threshold that hasn't been crossed since the conclusion of World War II. Data released by the Bureau of Economic ...

The U.S. economy bounced back from lethargic levels during the first quarter, but still grew more slowly than economists ...

The climbing limo method of forecasting future GDP in the US projects the nation's economic output in the recently finished Q1 2026 will be around $31.5 trillion. This estimate assumes the momentum ...

Nominal interest rates have real effects. Residential mortgages and other real world debt contracts require a sequence of constant nominal payments. Combined with payment-to-income constraints, these ...

Note: An earlier version of this story included incorrect data for some of the counties. The story has been updated with the correct numbers. Gross domestic product increased in 2024 in nearly every ...