Gross Domestic Product

Eurozone's Economy 'Not Likely To Recover Any Time Soon'

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Video, Consumer Confidence, Germany, Reuters, Euro Zone, Manufacturing, Financial Crisis, Saxo Bank, Austerity Measures, Gross Domestic Product, Recession, Citigroup, Austerity, Business News

* Euro zone GDP stable at 0.0 pct change in Q1 from Q4 2011 * Germany surprises with 0.5 percent growth in Q1 * French g...

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One Sign The Recovery May Be Stumbling

AP | PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.27.2012

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WASHINGTON — Don't panic yet. The government reported Friday that the economy got off to a tepid start this year, but that doesn't foreshadow a ...

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Crime Actually Does Pay

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Corruption, Video, U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, Unodc, Crime, Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Reuters, United Nations, World Bank, U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Un, Gross Domestic Product, Human Trafficking, Business News

* Criminal business one of the world's largest - U.N. * Threatens international development goals * Crime groups showing...

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Shocking Amount Americans Spent On Plastic Surgery In 2011

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Video, Heidi Montag, Heidi Montag Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Breast Implants, Cosmetic Surgery, Nose Job, Gross Domestic Product, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Money News

Call it the new Reconstruction era. Americans spent $10.4 billion on cosmetic surgery in 2011. That's more than the gross domestic product of nations ...

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African Country's New Plan To Fight Social Inequality

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Funds, Video, Arab Spring, Poverty, Dirhams, Morocco, Budget, Reuters, Beer, Spirits, Social Inequality, Gross Domestic Product, Business News

* Budget amendment extends reach of tax in 2012 * Funds to help develop poor areas to stem discontent * Two rates, depen...

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Casino Industry Accounts For Significant Slice Of U.S. Economy: Study

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Gambling, Taxes, Casinos, Video, Gdp, Research, Revenue, New Research, Business News, Florida, United States, Massachusetts, Gross Domestic Product, Recession, Study, Business News

As the U.S. economy sagged, gambling was there to try and prop it up. At least that's the finding of the American Gaming Association. The trade ass...

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Major Company Controls 40 Percent Of African Nation's GDP

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Video, Swaziland Economy, Business News, Coke, Coke Human Rights Violations, Coca Cola Enterprises, Swaziland, Gross Domestic Product, Coca Cola Swaziland, King Mswati III, Business News

In one African nation, a giant American brand may be bringing corporate influence to a whole new level. Coca-Cola accounts for as much as 40 perce...

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U.S. Economy Grew Less Than Estimated Last Quarter As Healthcare Spending Plunged

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Video, Gdp, Durable Goods, Business News, U.S. GDP, Business Investment, Gdp Growth, u.s. Gdp Third Quarter 2011, Gross Domestic Product, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth was slower than previously estimated in the third quarter on a sharp drop in healthcare spending, but stron...

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GRAPHIC: Explaining The Federal Budget Deficit

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

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Since as early as August, it's been clear that the United States federal deficit would top $1 trillion in 2011 for the third year in a row. At 8.7 per...

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U.S. Economy Grew Slightly More Than Originally Estimated In Spring

Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Core PCE Index, European Debt Crisis, Video, Great Recession, Nonresidential Structures, Capital Goods, Commerce Department, Federal Reserve, Consumer Spending, Gross Domestic Product, Business News

The economy grew slightly more than previously reported in the second quarter, helped by consumer spending and export growth that was stronger tha...

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Widening Income Inequality Bad For Economic Growth: IMF Report

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Robert Reich, Joseph Stiglitz, Income Inequality, International Monetary Fund, Claudia Goldin, The Great Recession, Economic Growth, Gross Domestic Product, Inequality, Recession, Business News

The widening gap between the wealthy and everyone else in the United States may be hindering a broader economic recovery, according to a new study. ...

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Confirmed: U.S. Emissions Up in 2010

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Energy, Gross Domestic Product, Energy Efficiency, Electricity, Carbon Intensity, Economics, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Energy Use, Economy, Climate Change, Copenhagen Accord, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Clean Energy, Coal, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Green News

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.com, the blog by the dean of Duke's Nicholas SchoolWhether at Christmas time or in the heat of summer, nobody likes a lu...

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We Have A Growth Crisis: Simon Johnson

Bloomberg News | Simon Johnson | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Income Distribution, Unemployment, Wealth, Income Inequality, Economic Crisis, Business News, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Simon Johnson, Economic Growth, Gross Domestic Product, Business News

The U.S.’s fiscal problem is not that the market questions the country’s ability to pay its debts. The willingness to pay was clearly proved by th...

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Progress Reversed: Economy Tips Toward Recession With Little Relief In Sight

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Gdp, Federal Budget Deficit, Double-Dip Recession, Economic Crisis, Business News, Manufacturing, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Economic Recovery, Gross Domestic Product, Recession, Business News

NEW YORK -- Three years after the worst economic downturn in generations, the American economy increasingly appears vulnerable to another recession. ...

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Worst Of Two Worlds: Deficit-Reduction Plan Would Threaten Economy And Not Remove Downgrade Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Mitch McConnell, Debt Ceiling, Federal Budget Deficit, John Boehner, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Manufacturing, Economic Recovery, Gross Domestic Product, Institute for Supply Management, Business News

NEW YORK -- The deficit-reduction deal that emerged late Sunday runs the risk of exacerbating two opposite problems at the same time: It cuts enough g...

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Economists Say U.S. Credit Rating Will Be Downgraded: Poll

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Fitch Ratings, Goldman Sachs, Congress, Credit Downgrade, Debt Ceiling, Great Recession, Janney Capital Markets, Aaa Credit Rating, Jobless, Standard & Poor's, Gross Domestic Product, Moody's, Business News

(Pedro da Costa and Andy Bruce) - The United States will lose its top-notch AAA credit rating from at least one major rating agency, according to ...

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CHART: Does Penis Size Affect The GDP?

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Gdp, Penis Size, Economy, Penis Size vs Gdp, University of Helinski, Gdp Growth, Tatu Welsinki, Gross Domestic Product, Comedy News

Could the answer to our economic problems be in every man's pants? One researcher, Tatu Westling from the University of Helsinki, took a long, ha...

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Census Bureau: GOP Budget Guts Economic Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The House Republican budget plan will do "irrecoverable" damage to the nation's economic data, the Census Bureau warned in a harsh inter...

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Anti-Census Bill Slashes Economic Monitoring

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- If you think Congress doesn't understand the economy now, wait till you see what a key House panel wants to do to the people who help fi...

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Simon Johnson: Fiscal Contraction Hurts Economic Expansion

The New York Times | SIMON JOHNSON | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Fiscal Contraction, Spending Cuts, Senate Republicans, Cuts Economy, United State, Spending Economy, Simon Johnson, Gross Domestic Product, Joint Economic Committee, Business News

The United States has a large budget deficit and a ratio of debt to gross domestic product that, in most projections, continues to rise over time. Som...

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Federal Tax Rate At Lowest Level In Over 60 Years, Bartlett Says

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Taxes, Federal-Tax-Rate, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bartlett, Economic Crisis, Business News, Federal Taxes, Corporate Taxes, Gross Domestic Product, Recession, Income, Bush Tax Cuts, Business News

Hearing some politicians talk about taxes, one might be convinced the United States has one of the highest tax rates in the world. But the reality ...

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'No Doubt The Economy Has Slowed'

Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON: Corporate profits contracted in the first quarter for the first time in more than two years and the economy grew at the same pedestr...

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Economy Causing 'Deep Emotional Shock' For Many In Greece

New York Times | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Greek Economic Collapse, Withdrawals, Rolex, International Monetary Fund, Credit Rating Downgrades, Euro Zone, Banks, Europe, Gross Domestic Product, Business News

It has been one year since Greece avoided bankruptcy when Europe and the International Monetary Fund provided a 110 billion euro ($155 billion) bailou...

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The Wage Gap Plot Thickens

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Unicef, Wage Gap, Mother's Day, Gross Domestic Product, Wall Street Journal, Independent Women's Forum, Gender Wage Gap, Business News

Ignoring unpaid work distorts our Gross Domestic Product and the assessment of our national living standards. Among married fathers and mothers who work, women spend twice as much time on housework than men.

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U.S. Economy Slows To A Crawl -- At Least For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.28.2011

NEW YORK -- At least temporarily, the U.S. economy has slowed to a crawl. U.S. gross domestic product -- one of the key gauges of overall economic...

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