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.

Chart 9. E.U. Total Reserves vs GDP 2021 Total reserves to GDP ratios for non-eurozone countries are more or less in line with eurozone countries.

US president Donald Trump said Canada would face a 35% tariff and floated 15% to 20% blanket tariffs on most trading partners ...

NATO countries agree to the target of spending 5 percent of GDP on defense after dragging their feet to hit 2 percent.

European defence stocks have been on a tear since the devastating conflict in Ukraine started in 2022, a trend that has only accelerated since announcements of European rearmament plans. But the ...

Chart of the Week This week's Chart of the Week comes – how could it be any different? – from the Draghi report. Europe needs to increase its investments by around 5% of GDP, he wrote, which ...

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.

Most pension systems in Europe have unfunded entitlements for household pensions that are higher than 100% of their GDP. Only Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland are in a better position.

At the same time, however, productivity, as measured by GDP per worker, has fallen since 2022. Unless workers become more efficient, Europe will in all likelihood fall still further behind America.

Mississippi, the poorest state in the United States, is close to surpassing Europe's largest economy Germany's GDP per capita. Euronews Business compares US states with European countries.

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 ...