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- Can Economic Growth Last? http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/can-economic-growth-last/ 129 comments
- Do the Math: Can Economic Growth Last? http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/can-economic-growth-last/ 3 comments
- US economic growth increased last quarter to a healthy 2.8% annual rate https://apnews.com/article/economy-growth-inflation-gdp-consumers-federal-reserve-ffba812f747d18d1f09fcf804fe4eceb 32 comments
- US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a solid 3% annual rate https://apnews.com/article/economy-growth-inflation-gdp-consumers-federal-reserve-0fc268d1feb244322f79b4bd9d80a54f 4 comments economy
- US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a 5.2% annual rate https://apnews.com/article/economy-growth-inflation-gdp-consumers-spending-rates-4bbedd16f8a8d45afdfc4c3bc1812605 19 comments economics
- US revises down last quarter's economic growth to 2.6% rate https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-revises-quarters-economic-growth-26-rate-98231357 6 comments economy
- Can Economic Growth Last? http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/can-economic-growth-last/ 4 comments business
- Senator Credits Republican Congress Sworn In On Tuesday With Last Year's Economic Growth http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/01/07/3609140/mcconnell-gdp-republicans/ 5 comments politics
- In the last two decades, India has had manufacturing-led economic growth, not service-led https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/24/commentary/indias-economic-growth-has-been-manufacturing-led.html 3 comments economics
- US economic growth last quarter is revised down from 1.6% rate to 1.3%, but consumers kept spending https://apnews.com/article/economy-growth-inflation-gdp-consumers-federal-reserve-a6c0086a4a55111c38939bf6cfa0db79 6 comments economics
- US economic growth for last quarter is revised up slightly to a healthy 3.4% annual rate https://apnews.com/article/economy-growth-inflation-gdp-consumers-spending-rates-f7a7def8b17cff965a02c6d531582c49 77 comments economics
- Europe reports economic growth rate of zero for the last 3 months of 2023 https://archive.ph/azix3 14 comments wallstreetbets
- Last Year's Economic Growth Slowest Of Trump's Presidency, New Figures Reveal https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-gdp-economic-growth-slowest_n_5e337399c5b611ac94d204d0 15 comments politics
- Dead last: New Jersey worst in nation in economic growth last year http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/new_jersey_ranked_last_in_economic_growth_last_year_census_shows.html 8 comments economy
- Moody’s: Greece’s stable credit profile has balanced government reforms in the last few years, accelerating economic growth https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1161874/moody-s-credit-profile-reflects-progress/ 6 comments europe
- China's new environment law submitted to parliament... will give legal backing to Beijing's newly declared war on pollution and formalise a pledge made last year to abandon a decades-old growth-at-all-costs economic model that has spoiled much of China's water, skies and soil. http://reuters.com/article/idusl3n0ne0tc20140422?irpc=932 119 comments worldnews
- Middle class now rivals poor in Latin America: World Bank. Rapid economic growth and more inclusive social policies in Latin America in the last decade have lifted 50 million people into the middle class, which for the first time rivals the poor in number, the World Bank said in a study on Tuesday. http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/11/13/us-worldbank-latam-middle-class-idinbre8ac0uh20121113 23 comments worldnews
- FACT: The 2009 stimulus package increased economic growth, reduced unemployment, and put millions of people back to work. It just wasn't big enough, or long-lasting enough. http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/charts-economic-myths-jobs-deficit-taxes 6 comments politics
- China’s Economy Is Slowing, a Worrying Sign for the World | Economic output climbed 4 percent in the last quarter of 2021, slowing from the previous quarter. Growth has faltered as home buyers and consumers become cautious. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/business/economy/china-economy.html 12 comments wallstreetbets
- The Infinite Global Economic Growth Killing Most of Life on Earth, Risking Collapse of Civilization. In the last 5 yrs, Animal populations are declining 68% worldwide, 84% decline in amphibians, reptiles, and fishes, 94% decline in South America. 5 billion people will be shortage of water. https://flifle.com/perjensen/the-infinite-global-economy-growth-killing-most-of-life-on-earth-risking-the-collapse-of-civilization/ 82 comments environment
- Green growth: 30 percent of regions worldwide achieve economic growth while reducing carbon emissions. North America and Asia have seen more fluctuating decoupling patterns over the decades, but there's been an improvement trend in the last decade https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/green-growth-30-percent-of-regions-worldwide-achieve-economic-growth-while-reducing-carbon-emissions 8 comments science
- Jairam Ramesh: "Tamil Nadu is the only example, in the last 60 years, which has combined economic growth with social development, more efficient than Gujarat and Kerala models" https://youtu.be/1WPqvTDK5l4?list=PLPPKwCCueQ_D0sSWCIXxEYynXCX7Ga5n1 71 comments india
- The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting the labor market remained on solid footing despite slowing economic growth and a stock market rout. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-iduskcn0vk1ad 25 comments economy
- Over the last three decades, scientists and ecologists have developed numerous sophisticated models to demonstrate that economic growth has outstripped the capacity of the planetary ecosystem. Despite these efforts, growth remains at the heart of virtually every government’s national policy. https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/29/the-selling-of-degrowth/ 6 comments environment
- According to OECD Poland may achieve one of the fastest GDP growth in the world in 2019 (only behind China, India and Indonesia). Polish economic boom may last longer than everyone expected despite world wide slowdown. https://polanddaily.com/331-polish-economy-grew-47-in-the-first-quarter-of-2019-and-growth-continues 5 comments europe
- China reaffirms war on poverty after suspected rural suicides | Despite the rapid economic growth of the last two decades, poverty remains an issue in China, especially in rural areas where a lack of jobs drives able-bodied adults to work elsewhere, leaving children and the elderly behind. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/20/uk-china-poverty-idukkbn0p007620150620 4 comments worldnews
- The Health-Cost Slowdown Isn't Just About The Economy: "When you look at the data in its entirety...you see that the pattern over the last several years is not normal, even for a time of weak economic growth." http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/upshot/the-health-cost-slowdown-isnt-just-about-the-economy.html 4 comments politics
- Declining consumption of coal in the US last year played a significant role in keeping down global emissions of carbon dioxide. CO2 emissions were almost flat for the third year in a row, despite a rise in economic growth. The slowdown in the Chinese economy since 2012 has also been key. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37949878 167 comments worldnews
- Why high earnings aren't translating into jobs: "'We’ve had very modest economic growth over the last four years...,' says Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors. And those gargantuan levels of cash and assets aren’t being spent creating corresponding levels of jobs." http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/why-high-earnings-arent-translating-jobs 16 comments politics
- FACT: Due to Scott Walker’s extreme austerity measures and his inattention to job growth, Wisconsin ranks 44th in the nation in job creation and dead last in the Midwest in every economic indicator. http://www.newiprogressive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2659:fact-check-shows-self-serving-scott-walker-editorial-ignores-reality&catid=42:elections-officials-political-parties&itemid=59 380 comments politics
- Chart: How Wall Street got 2023 all wrong. Nearly every economist on and off Wall Street was all but certain that the U.S. would face a sharp slowdown in economic growth last year. It never happened, as we saw in Thursday's "gangbuster" GDP report. https://www.axios.com/2024/01/26/gdp-2023-us-growth-no-recession 2 comments economy
- U.S. winning world economic war. The United States economy grew faster than any other large advanced economy last year — by a wide margin — and is on track to do so again in 2024. IMF economists forecast similarly best-in-class growth this year, https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/us-economy-2024-gdp-g7-nations 3 comments economy
- Even as OECD's global economic growth forecast downgrades the world economy to sluggish 3% from 3.3% last year, it predicts the Indian economy to grow robustly at 7.4% in the next fiscal year as compared to 7.3% expansion projected in November 2015. http://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/indian-economy-to-grow-robustly-at-7-4-next-fiscal-oecd/ 3 comments india
- US economy chugging along at 3.5% growth: "Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, increased 3.5% between July and September over the same period last year...It exceeded analysts' expectations and offered more proof of an economy gaining momentum." http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/30/news/economy/us-gdp-3-and-half-percent-beats-expectations/index.html?iid=sf_e_lead 26 comments politics
- Mass protests incidents in China have jumped from 8,709 in 1993 to 180,000 last year as inequality has leapt. Despite double digit economic growth, public anger is growing as inequality has jumped and frustration grows as elites use political ties to amass significant wealth. http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/30/occupy-beijing/ 26 comments worldnews
- Extreme weather could bring next recession | Excessive high temperatures, like those experienced in the US and Europe last summer, can be deadly. Not only do they disrupt agriculture, harm human health and stunt economic growth, they also can overwhelm and shut down vast parts of energy delivery https://phys.org/news/2020-02-extreme-weather-recession.html 6 comments worldnews