Topic: Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy contracted at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter as output and exports recovered from the devastating earthquake in March, but a soaring yen and slowing global growth clouds the outlook.***********************************************************KEY POINTS:-- Gross domestic product ...
BANGALORE (Reuters) - The chances of another U.S. recession are rising and Europe's recovery is also at risk, according to the latest Reuters poll, taken during the worst stock market selloff since the nadir of the financial crisis.The latest survey of more ...
LONDON (Reuters) - From the United States and Italy to Japan and Greece, slow growth is hobbling the capacity of governments to service their debts, spooking markets and sapping confidence and so further darkening the economic outlook.One of the scariest aspects of ...
Asian shares rose Friday, led by banks, after eurozone leaders finally struck a bailout deal for Greece that also puts in place steps to avoid contagion in other struggling economies.Relief that the multi-billion-dollar" class="inform">dollar agreement had been reached also sent the euro ...
Stimulus, easy money, tax relief -- all done with. So what kind of debt deal can really put us on the right track?Stimulus, easy money, tax relief -- all done with. So what kind of debt deal can really put us on ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to hold off on easing monetary policy further and revise up its assessment of the economy next week, encouraged by a pickup in factory output and recovery in business sentiment hit by the ...
The global economy has hit a "soft patch" due to the disruption caused by Japan's March earthquake but emerging market growth should prevent a double-dip recession, Standard and Poor's said on Tuesday.In a report on the risks of the economy falling back ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese factory output jumped by the most in almost 60 years in May as manufacturers restore supply chains damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March, the latest evidence the economy is headed for a "V-shaped" recovery from ...
With housing continuing to wallow at the bottom and millions of pink-slipped workers still unemployed, it seems as if the economy is sliding back into recession. But is it?With housing continuing to wallow at the bottom and millions of pink-slipped workers still ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and other Asian technology stocks tumbled on Friday as the sputtering global economy threatens to crimp demand for computers and TVs and hit earnings of chip and panel makers for the rest of the year.Investors, who had ...
