Insights from new GDP data

The year 2026 witnessed the much-anticipated release of the new GDP series with an updated base year. The initial exuberance ...
myRepublicaOpinion

Beyond GDP: Rethinking What Development Means for Nepal

Nepal needs to adopt a more balanced development model that prioritises happiness, social cohesion and quality of life ...
World Bank

ICP 2021: Concepts and definitions

The International Comparison Program (ICP) comparisons of gross domestic product (GDP) are based on the value of an individual item equaling the product of its price and quantity (that is, the ...
Sunday Trust on MSN

Would GDP rebasing make any meaningful impact on real income?

In the last few months, there have been talks about rebasing the two important economic indicators, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI). While the GDP calculates the ...
CNN

The US economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years as wealthier Americans kept spending

An initial reading of third-quarter gross domestic product showed the US economy expanded at an inflation-adjusted annualized rate of 4.3%, a far faster pace than the 3.8% recorded in the second ...
CNN

US economy slowed sharply in the fourth quarter, expanding at a rate of just 1.4%

The US economy grew at a much slower pace in the final months of 2025 as the historic government shutdown weighed on economic activity, ending a year that saw the weakest growth since the pandemic.