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John Hawkins previously worked as a macroeconomic analyst and forecaster in the Reserve Bank and the Australian Treasury. Australia has recovered better than most from the COVID pandemic. As measured ...

The US economy shrank again in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday. Gross domestic product, a wide-ranging measure of economic activity, fell by 0.9% on an annualized ...

An economic depression is a period of sharp and sustained decline in economic activity that typically includes negative gross domestic product growth and a substantial rise in unemployment, poverty ...

PHNOM PENH, June 6, 2024—Cambodia’s economic activity picked up in the first quarter of 2024, driven by a revival of services and goods exports, and despite subdued domestic demand, according to the ...

The University of Massachusetts system generated $8.3 billion in economic activity for the state in the 2022 fiscal year, according to the latest economic analysis prepared for the UMass president’s ...