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India’s economy shows few signs of a clear recovery and faces fresh risks from US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian has warned at a time when ...

Calculate Soybean Populations with the Hula Hoop Method While you might think of hula hoops as a game for children they’ve found a new use—helping farmers calculate soybean populations. With no need ...

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in October to the smallest since 2009 on a sharp pullback in imports, notably pharmaceuticals. The goods and services trade gap shrank 39% from the prior ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

(Bloomberg) -- The US economy contracted slightly to start the year, largely reflecting a bigger tariff-related trade hit but also a larger downshift in household spending growth than first estimated.