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On the whole, PPP per capita figures are less spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. [5] The rankings of national economies over time have changed considerably; the economy of the United States surpassed the British Empire's output around 1916, [6] which in turn had surpassed the economy of the Qing dynasty in aggregate output decades earlier.
The GDP bottom, or trough, was reached in the second quarter of 2009 (marking the technical end of the recession that is defined by "a period of falling economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales"). [3]
The United States has a highly developed mixed economy. [40] [41] [42] It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). [43]As of 2024, it has the world's sixth highest nominal GDP per capita and eighth highest GDP per capita by PPP). [10]
The nation's economy contracted 6.3 percent in Q4 2008 -- its biggest Or, at least it better be, for the good of all involved. GDP nosedives 6.3 percent - worst plunge since 1982
The United States entered 2008 during a housing market correction, a subprime mortgage crisis and a declining dollar value. [2] In February, 63,000 jobs were lost, [3] a 5-year record. [4] In September, 159,000 jobs were lost, bringing the monthly average to 84,000 per month from January to September 2008. [5]
The bank's 10th annual Women, Business and the Law report showed women on average have just 64% of the legal protections that men do, not the 77% previously estimated, and no country - not even ...
The gross world product (GWP), also known as gross world income (GWI), [1] is the combined gross national income (previously, the "gross national product") of all the countries in the world. Because imports and exports balance exactly when considering the whole world, this also equals the total global gross domestic product (GDP).
The Bureau of Economic Analysis's advance estimate of third quarter US gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy grew at an annualized pace of 2.8% during the period, below the 2.9% growth ...