Economy & Finance

The gap between lending and deposit rates answers a different question from the lending rate itself. The World Bank World

A country comparison of lending rates is only useful when two questions are clear: are the rates conceptually comparable, and

Government-financed health spending occupies very different shares of national economies. In the WHO data used here, 194 countries have a

Government debt ratios are familiar, but they do not answer every question about the relationship between governments and financial institutions.

Comparing bank deposits with annual economic output gives a useful view of how large deposit balances are relative to the

Household consumption is one of the largest components of spending in many economies, but its weight in GDP varies widely

Government spending on education as a share of GDP is one of the most widely used ways to compare the

The label “central bank assets to GDP” can easily be mistaken for the size of a central bank’s entire balance

What share of tertiary graduates complete programmes in the Services field? World Bank indicator SE.TER.GRAD.SV.ZS measures the percentage of all