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Wall Street Journal
07-08-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The BLS Isn't Alone in Facing Data Challenges; U.K. Has Them Too
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is not the only data collector to have had problems with jobs numbers: for years, the U.K.'s main economic statistics agency has faced growing scrutiny about how it collects employment data. In the U.K., however, criticism has been confined to questions of accuracy, rather than political motive.
Times of Oman
03-08-2025
- Business
- Times of Oman
GCC total GDP at constant prices exceeds $456 billion
Muscat: The gross domestic product (GDP) at constant prices for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries rose by 3.3% by the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, reaching $456.3 billion, compared to $442.3 billion during the same period in 2023. The latest statistics released by the GCC Statistical Centre showed that non-oil activities contributed 70.6% to the GCC's GDP at constant prices by the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, while oil activities accounted for 29.4%. The GCC GDP at constant prices recorded a 1% growth in the fourth quarter of 2024, having registered $452.2 billion in the third quarter.
