For roughly 1,800 years, the world’s largest economy sat somewhere along the Yangtze River. A new chart from the Bank of America Institute — spanning 2,000 years of global GDP data — shows that ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Editor in Chief of TIME We’ve talked before about a geopolitical recession, ...

UN report says US economic growth forecast to edge up to 2.0% in 2026 and 2.2% in 2027 In China, economy projected to grow by 4.6% in 2026 and 4.5% in 2027 Growth in India forecast at 6.6% for 2026 ...

Global growth is projected at 3.3 percent for 2026 and 3.2 percent for 2027, revised slightly up since the October 2025 World Economic Outlook. Technology investment, fiscal and monetary support, ...

The International Monetary Fund trimmed its global growth forecast for 2026 as the oil-price shock from war in the Middle East rippled across economies worldwide. The global lender sees the world ...