US economy grew slower than expected at the start of 2024

Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced across the economy, grew at a 1.6% annualized rate during the first quarter. Read More

U.S Economic Growth Slowed at Start of Year

How has the U.S. economy fared so far this year? Investors will get some insight from the advance first-quarter GDP estimate. Economists polled by the Journal forecast gross domestic product grew at a ... Read More

The US economy is cooling off. Why experts say there's no need to worry yet

The economy slowed dramatically to start 2024. The U.S. economy slowed dramatically at the outset of 2024, though it continued to grow at a solid pace. The finding, released in a Commerce Department ... Read More

German Economy To Nearly Flatline This Year, Think-tanks Say

The German economy shrank by 0.3 percent ... to quicken next year as inflation eases further and demand picks up. They now expect the economy to grow by 1.4 percent in 2025, only slightly below ... Read More

UK Economy Returns to Modest Growth at Start of 2024

GDP shrank by 0.3% in the final quarter of 2023 and 0.1% in the quarter before - meeting the technical definition of recession widely used in Europe. Britain's economy has been very sluggish since ... Read More

Slow growth, inflation deliver economic double whammy to kick off ‘24

The latest economic data is likely to keep the Fed in an extended pause before moving the benchmark federal funds rate lower. Read More

Singapore economy grows 2.7% year on year in Q1, but just 0.1% sequentially

SINGAPORE’S economy grew ... rose by a marginal 0.1 per cent, slower than the previous quarter’s 1.2 per cent growth. Both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter expansion were also below economists’ ... Read More

Canadian economy starts the year on a rebound with 0.6 per cent growth in January

The Canadian economy grew 0.6 per cent in January, the fastest growth rate in a year, while the economy likely ... "The more surprising news today was the advance estimate for February," which ... Read More

UK probably left recession as economy grows 0.2% in January

The UK economy rebounded at the start of the year and is likely ... a technical recession at the end of last year, with output declining by 0.3 per cent over the fourth quarter. Read More

Scottish economy grows by 0.2% at the start of 2018

Services and production continued to grow during the quarter, but construction declined sharply by 3.5%. For services, the growth figure was 0.4 ... "Scotland's economy is strong, with output per ... Read More

Economy grows as GDP rises for second month in a row

The economy ... revised 0.3 per cent in January, according to the Office for National Statistics, suggesting that the economy is set to have expanded in the first quarter of this year. Read More

Australian economy grows by 0.2 per cent in December quarter, bitcoin dives after setting new record, ASX closes higher — as it happened

Look back on the day's business and financial news as it ... the Australian economy to grow by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter to be 1.4 per cent bigger over the past year. Read More