China's National People's Congress convenes today as it concludes its once-in-a-decade transition of power. In his final address to the Congress, outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao set an ambitious economic growth target of 7.5 percent.

The government has revised its latest GDP figures, saying the economy grew at a rate of 0.1 percent during the last three months of 2012. The increase was the weakest GDP performance in two years.

A look at America's debt and deficit trouble through the lens of European economic standards.

A slew of GDP numbers out of Europe and Asia today paint a gory picture of the global economy.

GDP shrank 0.1 percent last quarter. Private investment rose, but government spending fell. That bodes ill if automatic budget cuts can’t be avoided.

A Commerce Department report out today shows that GDP fell 0.1 percent last quarter, but consumer spending, business investment and employment continue to rise.

The world's fastest growing economy just posted it's worst growth figures in over a decade. Is it time to be concerned?

When it comes to economic growth, is the U.S. more like China or like Europe?

The latest revision of third quarter GDP finds the U.S. economy growing even faster than we'd thought this summer — 3.1 percent.

Though the latest GDP numbers are up and jobless claims are down, the economic details tell a gloomier story.