Japan factory output likely rebounded in March, while retail sales held firm

Japan's factory output likely staged a strong rebound in March from the previous month's decline, with retail sales probably holding firm on booming inbound tourism and easing worry about weak ... Read More

Japan's coincident index slumps in sign of weakening economic momentum

TOKYO (Reuters) - An index measuring the health of Japan's economy fell for the second straight month in ... avoided a recession in the fourth quarter. The government downgraded its assessment ... Read More

Japan’s economy avoids recession by growing in last year’s final quarter, according to revised data

Japan’s economy managed to grow in the fourth quarter of last year ... Private consumption is likely to remain weak,” S&P Global Market Intelligence said in an analysis. Read More

Japan’s economy recovers to full capacity

Japan’s output gap, which measures the difference between an economy’s actual and potential output, stood at +0.02 percent in the final quarter of last year, an estimate by the Bank of Japan ... Read More

Japan's economy recovers to full capacity, keeps alive BOJ rate hike prospects

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economic output recovered to full capacity for the first time in about four years in the October-December quarter, a positive sign that may allow the central bank to ... Read More

Is China’s Economy Finally Bottoming Out?

China’s economy is teetering on the brink of widespread deflation—a scenario that could cause even more problems than high inflation. We look at Japan’s “lost decade” to explain why ... Read More

Japan's economy must shift away from 'crisis-mode' to demand-driven growth, government panel says

Japan's economy grew 1.0% in 2022, lower than Germany's 1.8% and 1.9% in the United States for the same year. Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti ... Read More

Jobs Back on Radar as Second Quarter Begins With a Spending Tailwind

Heading into February, the economy created an average of 230,000 jobs a month. Then came March and the Labor Department’s number ... and consumers spending money. Last week saw fourth quarter ... Read More

US Economy News Today: Consumers Predict Higher Inflation

Welcome to Investopedia's economics live blog, where we explain what the day's news says about the state of the U.S. economy and how that's likely to ... straight month, consumers are sensing ... Read More

UPDATE 1-Swiss economy likely picked up somewhat in first quarter, SNB says

Switzerland's economy likely performed slightly better during ... that economic activity was slightly more dynamic in the first quarter of 2024 than in the preceding quarters," the central bank ... Read More

Consumer Sentiment Stable as Economy Maintains Momentum

“Critically, consumers ... quarter of 2023, with economic growth increasing to 3.4% from the prior 3.2% number. Meanwhile, the stock market is wrapping up its best quarter since 2019 ... Read More