Tootfinder

Looks like the Tories—or at least #GrantShapps, or whatever his name is this week—are now on a “pre-war” footing. 🤨 #ToryBritain

GDP (good dang pettin')

US Debt/GDP ratio:
https://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/realwork/US-economy-charts/macrotrends_debt-an.png

Guardian breaking news headline. How shallow can you get?
"UK recovery hopes boosted by 0.2% rise in January GDP; Metro Bank cutting 1,000 jobs – business live
GDP rise suggests UK’s shallow recession at end of last year may already be over, economists say; ‘Recession rapidly receding in rear-view mirror’"

Closing Gender Gap Could Lift Global GDP More Than 20%, World Bank Says
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-03-04/closing-gender-gap-could-lift-global-gdp-more-than-20-world-bank-says

#BRICS 1, #G7 0
https://mstdn.social/@spectatorindex/112287331345288469…

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world's best recovery (David J. Lynch/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/28/global-economy-gdp-inflation/

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world’s best recovery
After posting faster annual growth last year than in 2022, the U.S. economy is quashing fears of a new recession while offering lessons for future crisis-fighting.

#warmongers
Ministers urge government to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68522402

Ministers urge government to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
Two senior Conservatives publicly call on Rishi Sunak to increase spending to counter global risks.

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world's best recovery (David J. Lynch/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/28/global-economy-gdp-inflation/

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world’s best recovery
After posting faster annual growth last year than in 2022, the U.S. economy is quashing fears of a new recession while offering lessons for future crisis-fighting.