European stocks took an early lead in 2025, outperforming Wall Street thanks to erratic U.S. policymaking and Germany's once-in-a-generation fiscal shift, but U.S. markets have caught up.

The divergence in GDP growth between the US and Europe was striking in 2023, as highlighted in Fitch Ratings’ latest ‘20/20 Vision’ chart pack. GDP growth in the US rose to 2.5% in 2023 from 1.9% in ...

Have a look at chart 9 again to see Romania's total reserves versus GDP in comparison to the rest of the E.U. The parallels cannot be a coincidence. From Germany , more of the same: ...

NATO allies have reportedly agreed to hike their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. One chart shows what a big ask that is.

Former European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi urged member states to boost investments by 5% of their GDP to address Europe's challenges but to do this, the Union must put aside ...

The top five European economies are defined by their total economic size, not by GDP per capita. Mississippi gets close to surpassing Germany's GDP per capita. These figures show that GDP per capita ...

Europe’ s second largest ... Paris-based BNP Paribas said it expects UK GDP to expand by 1.1pc this year, ... These three charts show how Britain’s weak growth is at risk.