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  2. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. economy grew by an average of 3.8% from 1946 to 1973, while real median household income surged by 74% (or 2.1% a year). [103] [104] Since the 1970s, several emerging countries have begun to close the economic gap with the United States. In most cases, this has been due to moving the manufacture of goods formerly made in the U.S. to ...

  3. Inflation - Wikipedia

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    The adoption of fiat currency by many countries, from the 18th century onwards, made much larger variations in the supply of money possible. [27] Rapid increases in the money supply have taken place a number of times in countries experiencing political crises, producing hyperinflations – episodes of extreme inflation rates much higher than ...

  4. Economics - Wikipedia

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    The earlier term for the discipline was "political economy", but since the late 19th century, it has commonly been called "economics". [22] The term is ultimately derived from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomia) which is a term for the "way (nomos) to run a household (oikos)", or in other words the know-how of an οἰκονομικός (oikonomikos), or "household or homestead manager".

  5. Economy of Colombia - Wikipedia

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    The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product [19] and the third-largest economy in South America. [20] [21] Throughout most of the 20th century, Colombia was Latin America's 4th and 3rd largest economy when measured by nominal GDP, real GDP, GDP (PPP), and real GDP at chained PPPs.

  6. Economy of China - Wikipedia

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    The real estate industry is about 20% of the Chinese economy. [219] As of 2023, real property accounts for 60% of Chinese household assets. [198]: 161 Also as of 2023, China has the highest rate of home ownership in the world. [198]: 170 90% of urban households own their home. [198]: 170

  7. Economy of Argentina - Wikipedia

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    However, challenges still remain, and 69% of Argentinians believe its a bad time to look for a job in this economy, while 35% don't have enough money for food, although these figures are a modest decrease from their 2 decade high in 2019. 59% of the richest 20%, but 39% of the poorest 20% approve of Milei's governance, though the ratings are ...

  8. Economy of the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    After a year with stagnant economic activity in 2010, the Irish real GDP rose by 2.2% in 2011 and 0.2% in 2012. This growth was mainly driven by improvements in the export sector. The European sovereign-debt crisis caused a new Irish recession to start in Q3 2012, which was still ongoing as of Q2 2013. [ 36 ]