China's economy grew by 5.2 percent in 2023, hitting the government's official target, but concerns about growth momentum remain amid a protracted property crisis, sluggish consumer and business confidence, and weak global growth.17 Jan 2024Thanks the Joe Biden’s leadership and legislative accomplishments the US grew faster than any other large economy last year. Additionally it’s poised to break records again.
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U.S. Winning Economic War
The United States economy grew faster than any other large advanced economy last year — by a wide margin — and is on track to do so again in 2024.
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Why it matters: America's outperformance is rooted in its distinctive structural strengths, policy choices, and some luck. It reflects a fundamental resilience in the world's largest economy that is easy to overlook amid the nation's problems.
By the numbers: U.S. GDP looks to have grown 2.5% in 2023, according to the IMF's hot-off-the-presses World Economic Outlook, the highest among the G7 economies (Japan was second at 1.9%).
- IMF economists forecast similarly best-in-class growth this year, with 2.1% U.S. growth (second place: Canada at 1.4%).
China posts sluggish GDP growth in 2023, population declines again
Official data shows GDP was 5.2 percent in 2023, hitting a government target, but recovery looks uneven.
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