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NATO Chief Urges Members to Spend Far More on Military
Learn to speak Russian,” the secretary-general of the alliance warned nations unwilling to make politically unpopular budget ...
Canada plans to hit NATO spending target early and reduce reliance on US defense, Carney says
Canada will meet NATO’s military spending guideline by early next year and diversify defense spending away from the United ...
US wholesale inventories in April revised higher
U.S. wholesale inventories increased in April amid stockpiling of prescription medication in anticipation of tariffs from the ...
NATO chief calls for ‘quantum leap’ in defense and says Russia could attack in 5 years
LONDON (AP) — NATO members need to increase their air and missile defenses by 400% to counter the threat from Russia, the ...
India's Gross Domestic Product to grow at 6.5% for in FY26
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected Indias Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 6.5% for 2025-26, with domestic economic activity showing resilience on the back of a strong agriculture ...
OECD Slashes US Growth Outlook on Tariffs, Uncertainty
The OECD on Tuesday sharply lowered its growth forecasts for the U.S., citing an increasingly challenging world outlook due ...
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Debt As a Percentage of GDP Tells Us Very Little About the Debt
The net interest on the U.S. Federal Debt is roughly 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), amounting to $882 billion. What does this percentage and the absolute number mean? If they were to ...
How a Narrowing Trade Deficit Could Be Good News for the Economy
The U.S. trade deficit plunged in April, showing that the rush to import goods ahead of President Donald Trump's tariffs has ...
US economic growth forecast cut sharply due to higher tariffs
The OECD's forecast projects a slowdown in U.S. economic growth due to tariffs, with GDP growth at 1.5% in 2026 and inflation ...
U.S. to Have Slower Growth, Higher Inflation Due to Tariffs, OECD Says
The research group expects the Fed to remain on hold this year, as the economy is hamstrung by uncertainty over whipsawing ...