It contracted 2.9% in July-September. Two straight quarters of contraction are considered an indicator an economy is in a technical recession. Japan’s economy was the second largest until 2010 ...

Japan has fallen into recession for the first time since 2015 as the financial toll of the coronavirus continues to escalate. The world's third biggest economy shrank at an annual pace of 3.4% in ...

The news that Japan has rebounded -- the hardest hit of the major economies because of its reliance on exports -- gives economists cautious optimism that the worst of the global recession is over.

Despite fears China has entered have entered a ‘balance sheet recession’, the country has more tools than Japan to reflate ...

Global shares mostly fell Friday ahead of a highly anticipated US jobs report that's expected to influence how the Federal ...

BoJ’s pruning hawkishness: The BOJ left rates unchanged at 0.25% and signaled a cautious approach to further hikes, likely ...

Japanese stocks suffered their steepest decline since the onset of a bear market a month ago, driven by a dismal US ...

Asian markets forged higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates.

In van Eck’s view, the U.S. cannot continue with its current spending levels, particularly after witnessing inflation spurred ...

Wall Street wavered near its records after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Wednesday after a ...

Argentina's economy likely shrank 1.4% in the second quarter versus a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, the ...