It has in fact rushed to start negotiations and offer any concessions it can to placate the Trump administration and stall ...

Donald Trump has taken the most aggressive actions against China of any US president since Harry Truman was urged by General ...

How did it happen? There were many factors: increased spending on social and anti-poverty programs, improved health and ...

despite the fact that it would be impossible for the island nation of 31 million with a GDP per capita of $506 per year to import more than the $733 million it exports, mostly in vanilla ...

Keeping tabs on the US economy is more crucial than ever. THE STOCK MARKET: The stock market reflects investor confidence — or panic — in real time. US stocks fell again on Thursday, reversing a ...

Our survey shows economists expect slower growth and see a recession as more likely. They were pessimistic a year ago, too, ...

LeBron James, at 40, concludes a remarkable 20-year streak of averaging at least 25 points per game, marking a shift in his scoring dominance. Despite averaging 24.4 points this season, his impact ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore has lowered its 2025 economic growth forecast to a range of 0.0 to 2.0 per cent, citing the impact of new United States (US) tariffs on global trade and the economy ...

I now expect real GDP growth will slow considerably from last year’s pace, likely to somewhat below 1%,” he said. Spending by better-off Americans has played a key role in keeping the US ...

With its high per capita income and low tariffs ... Overall, the U.S. had a trade deficit of $1,311 billion, or 5% of its gross domestic product (GDP), in 2022. America has managed to continue ...

and will become a joke in the history of the world economy,” a Finance Ministry spokesman said in a statement announcing the new tariffs. “However, if the US insists on continuing to ...

This applies to the US ... chart below. Other, forward-looking measures also show sharply lower demand for travel to the US. Data on advance flight bookings for the summer months shows a roughly ...