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India's GDP shrinks 24% in second quarter
India's economy shrank by practically 25 % between April and June, a lot more than...
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Virus-hit Peru GDP plummets 40 percent
Peru, one of the countries worst reach by the coronavirus pandemic, has seen gross domestic...
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GDP to agreement by 3.1% in Q2 on COVID-19 headwinds
The economy is projected to shrink 3.1 percent in the second quarter, the worst quarterly...
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Japan's Q1 GDP shrinks less than initial estimate but nonetheless faces steep recession
Japan's economy braced for its worst postwar slump even as first-quarter GDP contracted significantly less...
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Japan's first-quarter GDP shrinks less than initial estimate
Japan’s economy shrank significantly less than initially estimated in the first quarter however the broad...
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Pandemic makes African countries go surfing for groceries
Among her shifts, Zimbabwean nurse Sinothando Mpofu used to go to Bulawayo's open-air markets to...
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Korea's Per-Capita GDP Set to Tumble
Korea's per-capita GDP based on purchasing-power parity is expected to plummet this season for the...
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Economy in Biggest Plunge Since Global Financial Crisis
Korea's economy shrank 1.4 percent through the first three months of the year, the largest...
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China posts first GDP decline on record as coronavirus cripples economy
China’s economy shrank for the first time since at least 1992 in the first quarter,...
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Japan suffers worst economical slump in five years
Japan has suffered its worst quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) contraction in more than five...
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Why reports of China’s economic decline are greatly exaggerated
“CHINA’S GDP GROWS AT SLOWEST RATE IN 29 YEARS” bellowed the Financial Times headline last...
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China expected to clock weakest growth in 30 years: AFP poll
China's economy grew at its slowest rate in three decades in 2019, according to an...
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Singapore narrows 2019 growth forecast to 0.5-1% as Q3 GDP picks up
Singapore narrowed its annual growth forecast to a range of 0.5 per cent to 1...
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Increased Welfare Spending to Drive Fiscal Debt Sky-High
If the government pushes ahead with its expanded welfare spending plans, Korea's fiscal debt will...
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MAS to ease policy in October as risk of technical recession lingers: Economists
Amid sluggish growth and benign inflation, economists expect the Singapore central bank to ease its...
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South Korea August inflation hits record low, Q2 GDP downgraded
South Korea's year-on-year inflation in August dipped to an all-time low as farm product prices...
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Concluding RCEP trade pact this year the ‘highest priority’
Ministers from the 16 countries involved in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) said it...
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Some reforms in India show benefits of digitalisation: IMF
Some reforms in India have shown the benefits of digitalisation which has also reduced the...
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China to cut taxes as GDP growth to slow further in 2019
China lowered its economic growth target and unveiled tax cuts on Tuesday (Mar 5) as...
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Indonesia -- taming foreign fund managers
"A current-account deficit is not a sin" says Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, "but...
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Commentary: China’s economy is certainly slowing but growth is still robust
China’s economy had an unexpected downturn in 2018. Industrial upgrading, economic policy battles and trade...
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Robot era: Keep humans in good jobs — urges ILO commission
Governments must ensure the global economy keeps providing decent jobs - and not just for...
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Financial reform ‘is key to achieving economic goal’
China’s top priority in 2019 must be financial reform, which is necessary if the economy...
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China’s 2019 GDP could slow to 6.3%: report
The Chinese government is likely to set a GDP growth target between 6 to 6.5%,...
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China needs a new, expansionary policy, says economist
According to Yu Yongding, a former member of the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, China’s...