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Source: World Bank
Currency: United States DollarGDP: 20.54 trillion USD (2018)
GDP per capita: 62,794.59 USD (2018)
GDP growth rate: 2.9% annual change (2018)
GNI per capita: 63,690 PPP dollars (2018)
GNI per capita: 63,690 PPP dollars (2018)
Gross national income: 20.84 trillion PPP dollars (2018)
Internet users: 76.18% of the population (2016)
Internet users: 76.18% of the population (2016)
Blackrock ‘low carbon’ ETF raises record $1.25bn
A new ‘low-carbon’ ETF set up by Blackrock last week became the biggest launch in the…
Ark’s Space ETF goes stellar
A new space ETF which tracks US and global companies engaged in space exploration and innovation…
China-Iran deal adds new dimension to Middle East chess game
China-Iran deal. Billions of dollars of Chinese investment could be heading Iran’s way after the two…
Record wind turbine orders defy COVID gloom
Driven primarily by some frenetic activity in the US and China as well as the relentless…
Vineyard Wind to breathe life into US clean energy sector
The 800 MW $3bn Vineyard Wind 1 Massachusetts offshore project edged closer to obtaining US Government…
US-Iran diplomatic madrigal begins with Nimitz withdrawal
Joe Biden's administration withdrew the USS Nimitz from the Gulf this week - but it has…
Fink pushes climate change policy up the corporate agenda
larry Fink's annual letter to investors and captains of industry will have pushed climate change up…
Ball in Biden’s court, says Rohani ten days after final Trump sanctions
Rohani tells Biden to review US policy to Iran and latest Trump sanctions on metals and…
High-voltage transmission to turn Big Apple green
bidding opened last week for several high-voltage transmission projects to New York City from clean emergy…
Trump fires parting shot with US-Taiwan detente call
Trump's parting shop is to lift US-Taiwan restrictions - and to irritate Beijing
SK and Plug Power in hydrogen JV
The SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, has agreed to invest $1.5bn in US-based hydrogen fuel…
Trans Adriatic Pipeline opens, NS2 stalls
After four and a half years in construction, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) last week began…
Covid Vaccine Boost for a Moderna World
For a second successive Monday morning, the world awoke to heartwarming Covid vaccine news. At…
New RCEP Free Trade Agreement sets Biden Asian poser
As yet, not many people are familiar with the acronym RCEP, but they may well soon…
NYC paves way for e-scooter sharing but SoftBank bets on Europe
November is turning out to be a good month for the nascent e-scooter sharing market. Late…
Biden’s $2trn boost for US clean energy industry
With Joe Biden set to take over occupation of the White House next January, the US…
Markets get high on cannabis
Although the much anticipated Democratic ‘blue wave’ failed to materialise in last week’s US presidential elections,…
Emerging markets root for Biden in US elections
As they wait for the results of tomorrow’s US elections, most investors and business communities in…
Biden and Xi send clean energy shares on a roll
US clean energy shares climbed at the end of last week after Democratic presidential candidate Joe…
‘Game-changing’ supercapacitor wins ICAP backing
‘Supercapacitor’ is not a word in every car buyer’s vocabulary yet but, like the catalytic convertor…
Airbnb hires Apple vet in run-up to IPO
Airbnb has hired iMac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch designer Sir Jony Ive to help create…
US Retail Sales and the Revenge Shoppers
Yesterday, the US Commerce Department reported that US retail sales in September had significantly exceed expectations…