India has overtaken Japan as the world's fourth-biggest economy — and officials hope to pass Germany within three years, the government's end-of-year economic review calculates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/india-economy-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #economicindicators #gdp

@sstendahl @pluralistic
#GDP
"Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising... napalm... television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.
Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play... it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile."
(Worth reading the full speech; on poverty, protest and more. 1968)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas

@sstendahl @pluralistic
#GDP
"Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising... napalm... television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.
Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play... it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile."
(Worth reading the full speech; on poverty, protest and more. 1968)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas

Japan’s economy shrank in the three months through September, the government confirmed, giving some justification for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s stimulus package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-revised-gdp-july-september-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #gdp #japaneseeconomy #wages #inflation #boj #sanaetakaichi

Japanese businesses trimmed back capital spending over the summer after five straight quarters of gains, in a sign of cooling corporate sentiment as higher U.S. tariffs take a toll on a sputtering economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/japan-capex-down-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #capitalspending #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #boj #gdp

Rising tensions with China may shave about 0.2 percentage point off Japan’s GDP growth if tourism and the export of consumer goods to its neighbor decline, according to economists at Goldman Sachs Group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/china-spat-weighing-on-japan-gdp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #chinajapanrelations #china #tourism #gdp

Countries must act now to keep slowing population growth from wreaking havoc on their long-term economic prospects, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said in a semiannual report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/aging-populations-bomb-gdp-ebrd/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #aging #economicindicators #economy #gdp

Japan's GDP dropped in the three months ended September as tariffs bite and domestic demand flags, the first decline in six quarters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/17/economy/third-quarter-gdp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #gdp #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation

Tokyo has been ranked as the world’s richest city — ahead of New York, London and Los Angeles — thanks to its smooth operations, technology, economic governance and GDP. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/10/economy/tokyo-worlds-richest-city-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tokyo #surveys #gdp

China's overreliance on investment and exports to power its $19 trillion economy appears to have reached a limit, with leaders signaling a sharper shift toward supporting consumption over the next five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/economy/china-economy-consumption-pivot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #economicindicators #gdp

Forderungen nach Aufrüstung aus allen Ecken

‚Innenminister Alexander #Dobrindt will mehr Befugnisse, um gegen russische Spionage vorzugehen, die #GdP fordert mehr Polizeipräsenz und die #Grünen machen einen Vorstoß bei der Wehrpflicht. – Aus allen Bereichen gibt es Rufe nach mehr innerer und äußerer Aufrüstung.
(…)

Ebenfalls kommentierte Dobrindt die Debatte rund um Friedrich Merz’ (CDU) rassistische „Stadtbild“-Aussage. Er zeigt wenig Sympathie für die Empörung der Bevölkerung und stellt sich damit klar hinter den Kanzler: „Der Bundeskanzler hat recht mit seiner Einschätzung. […] Entscheidend ist, dass wir diese Realität benennen, anstatt aus einer sachlichen Frage eine Stildebatte zu machen“.‘

https://perspektive-online.net/2025/10/forderungen-nach-aufruestung-aus-allen-ecken/

#Überwachung #Polizei #Repression #Wehrpflicht #Militarisierung #Stadtbild #Rassismus

Japan must address its declining population through technology, global markets and immigration, while adapting socially and economically to demographic shifts that pose challenges to growth and sustainability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/30/japan/graying-japan-needs-globalization-and-immigration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #japaneseeconomy #grayingpopulation #demographics #gdp

Japan's gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 2.2% last quarter, the Cabinet Office said Monday in revised report that confirmed consumer spending is gaining momentum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/08/economy/gross-domestic-product-grew-22-last-quarter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #gdp #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation

Structural issues — including population decline, job shortages and an insufficient social-safety net — are hampering consumption and demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/03/world/what-is-behind-chinas-positive-gdp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chineseeconomy #gdp #chinesecommunistparty #xijinping

Taiwan plans to increase its defense budget to more than 3% of its GDP as it faces pressure from the U.S. and is threatened by China, which claims the island as its own. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-defense-budget-increase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #defense #gdp #us #china

The #EU just leapfrogged #China by #GDP.

We also have:
🗳️ Democracy & Fundamental Rights
💼 Strong #SocialRights and reasonable working hours
🧑‍⚕️ #UniversalHealthCare
🌿 Strongest environmental protection in the world.

🇪🇺 gets a lot of stick, but we compete with the world's biggest economies while protecting our people and the #environment, we should celebrate that more.

#EUpol

The #EU just leapfrogged #China by #GDP.

We also have:
🗳️ Democracy & Fundamental Rights
💼 Strong #SocialRights and reasonable working hours
🧑‍⚕️ #UniversalHealthCare
🌿 Strongest environmental protection in the world.

🇪🇺 gets a lot of stick, but we compete with the world's biggest economies while protecting our people and the #environment, we should celebrate that more.

#EUpol

China’s massive scale, education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/19/world/demystifying-chinas-manufacturing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chineseeconomy #trade #manufacturing #gdp

Tokyo stocks hit a closing-price record on Friday after the Japanese economy grew much faster than expected in the second quarter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/economy/japanese-q2-gdp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #us #tariffs #gdp #stocks #nikkei #ryoseiakazawa

Japan’s economy grew faster than expected in the three months to June, giving embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba some rare good news as he fends off calls to resign following July’s historic election setback. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/15/economy/gdp-high-forecast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #shigeruishiba #us #tariffs #gdp