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Consumption is the goal of production. In a market economy, companies cannot stay business producing stuff that people don’t ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday will address Congress for the first time in his second term, and he’ll do with an economy ...

However, it has become a cliché, especially over the past two decades with the rise of globalization—the growing trade and financial integration of the world economy (see Chart 2). Advances in ...

Data comes from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The GDP growth metric is one of many that factor into the overall Best States rankings. See the Best States methodology for a detailed look at the ...