Forget the wildfires, earthquakes, water shortages and all the other factors that place the California dream in doubt, ...

California is not the only state economy that’s a business powerhouse on a global scale. The state’s businesses produced $4.1 ...

California’s $4.1 trillion output last year jumped its long-standing No. 5 global ranking to slip past Japan’s $4.03 trillion ...

California’s economy continued to grow at a fast clip of 6% in 2024, according to data and Newsom’s office. The top three economies in the world all grew at slower rates: 5.3% in the entire U.S., 2.6% ...

California's nominal GDP in 2024 was $4.10 trillion, per the Bureau of Economic Analysis, overtaking Japan's $4.03 trillion ...

Among the top global economies, California’s is also the fastest growing, according to IMF data and Gov. Newsom’s offices.

All that stands between California and the top spot are the United ... there's a negative correlation between a state's ranking in the ALEC-Laffer index and its economic growth. Economist Menzie Chinn ...

If California were its own country, its economy would now rank as the fourth largest of any nation in the globe, Gov. Gavin ...

California has surpassed Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world. The ranking is from newly released International Monetary Fund and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data ...

and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). California trailed only the United States (US$29.18 trillion), China (US$18.74 trillion), and Germany (US$4.65 trillion). Related NewsAPI Crude Oil ...

California is now the world's fourth-largest economic superpower in the world. California overtakes Japan in the ranking. Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Golden State is growing at a faster rate than ...

California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the threat posed by President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the tech powerhouse’s ...