Immigration to the US is expected to fall from the elevated levels of the past three years, declining to a pace slightly below the pre-pandemic average, according to Goldman Sachs Research. If that occurs, the impact on the economy is likely to be limited, though more significant restrictions on immigration by the Trump administration could have larger repercussions.  Net immigration is expected to slow to 750,000…

    The US has had the world’s largest economy for more than a century — a title it’s expected to relinquish in the coming decades. But even as US GDP is forecast to be surpassed in the years ahead, the country is projected to remain world leading when it comes to wealth and the size of its stock market, according to Goldman Sachs Research’s report “The Path to 2075.” Demographic projections and long-term drivers…

March 6, 2025Shareshare   Defense spending by European Union member states is set to increase significantly in the next two years. The shift will have a positive — but limited — impact on GDP growth, Goldman Sachs Research economists Niklas Garnadt and Filippo Taddei write in a report. The team’s baseline assumption is that the EU will gradually increase its annual defense spending by around €80 billion ($84 billion)…