The AI boom propped up U.S. economic growth in the first quarter, but inflation due to the Iran war is casting a cloud.

Iran conflict and Supreme Court tariff ruling add to air of uncertainty around the economy The U.S. economy was hurt at the end of last year by the government shutdown. Severe winter weather could do ...

Proposed UN progress indicators include greenhouse gas emissions, life expectancy and children’s performance in reading and ...

The United Nations High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Beyond GDP comprises 14 globally recognized experts appointed in May 2025, drawing on expertise in economics, statistics, development policy, ...

For decades, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been used as a benchmark of society’s progress. Yet, as the GDP figures keep ticking up, so too does a profound disenchantment with the political and ...

NOW™, a state-level economic monitoring service, released its latest update today, highlighting a growing divergence between national economic signals and state-level economic momentum across the ...