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The German economy will contract by 0.5% this year, shrinking for a third consecutive year, the German Chamber of Commerce ...

A key measure of excess liquidity in the financial system is evaporating rapidly. Once it disappears, further reduction of ...

Gross Domestic Product measures the quantum of economic activities in a country, in monetary terms, over some time, usually ...

This is beneficial to the central bank’s inflation fight, particularly the demand-driven part of pricing pressures, as the GDP report’s price deflator reading was confirmed. The Fed started ...

This calculation is done by factoring in a GDP deflator. A GDP deflator is the quotient of nominal GDP divided by real GDP divided by 100, so this method is only useful in determining real GDP if ...

Pan expects real GDP growth at 6.6% in FY26 and deflator at 2.9%. The Budget for FY25 had pegged the country’s nominal GDP growth at 10.5%, but a forecast of 9.7%–made by the National ...

China’s economy grew 5% in 2024, driven by stimulus measures, strong exports, and high-tech investment, despite challenges like weak domestic demand and demographic pressures. Structural reforms and ...

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the same day, China's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024 will reach 134.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.0% over the previous ...

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The median forecast of a Bloomberg poll of 15 analysts estimated the GDP deflator, a broad metric of price changes in an economy, would hit 0.2 percent this year. The GDP deflator, which measures ...