CNBC

NATO wants allies to spend 5% of GDP on defense: This chart shows how hard it could be

NATO allies are meeting in the Netherlands on June 24-25 this week. The alliance has reportedly agreed to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product by 2035. One chart shows what a ...
Business Insider

A chart shows how much the government shutdown hurt economic growth last quarter

Real GDP rose at an annualized rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, below the 2.8% forecast. That's short of the growth in the previous two quarters but better than the first quarter's ...
Reuters

What is NATO's new 5% defence spending target?

BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - NATO leaders are expected to endorse a big new defence spending target at an alliance summit in The Hague on Wednesday, as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump. Here ...
The Conversation

Albanese government will commit to boosting defence spending to 3% of GDP, but under a revised definition

The Albanese government will increase defence spending to about 3% of GDP by 2033 in its 2026 National Defence Strategy to be unveiled on Thursday. But it is using a revised definition that, in effect ...
Politicsweb

A new and improved and larger GDP is here – Stats SA

A new and improved GDP is here. 26 Augustl 2021. Stats SA has finalised a comprehensive overhaul of its national accounts.
CNN

The US economy grew at a 3.8% rate in the second quarter, significantly stronger than previously reported

The US economy’s comeback in the second quarter was just revised higher again, and economists estimate that momentum carried on in the third quarter, underscoring the resilience of the world’s largest ...