The US economy is the second largest in the world behind China. Based on 2015 data, the US GDP is about $18.0 Trillion in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). At about 321 million, the population of the country is much smaller than China. The size of the individual states in the US is equal …
The European Union(EU) includes countries and territories that are outside from Europe. For example, countries such as Aruba and Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean are also part of EU though they are far away from mainland Europe and are closer to the US and North America than Europe. Similarly the beautiful island of Reunion in …
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The contribution to global GDP by select countries is shown in the chart below. The US accounts for the largest portion of the world’s GDP. Click to enlarge Source: Out!, Compass 23, 16, Barclays The UK accounts for less than 5% of the GDP. Since the British economy is so small at a global level all the …
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The current Total Public Debt Outstanding is over $19 Trillion or $19,428,079,384,183.27 to be more precise according to the Treasury Department, Out of this debt mountain, the debt held by the public is over $14 Trillion. The total US debt held by foreign holders stood at $6,281 billion as of June, 2016 according to Treasury …
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Paris-based Natixis Global Asset Management recently published its 2016 Natixis Global Retirement Index report. This report contains the rankings for Global Retirement Index(GRI) based a study of 43 countries including the BRICS. The Top 25 countries based on the GRI are shown below: Click to enlarge Source: 2016 Natixis Global Retirement Index, Natixis Of the top 25 …
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