Argentina's economy decelerated for the fifth consecutive month in March. The monthly indicator of economic activity grew 4% y/y in March, down from 5.2% growth in February. Moderating economic growth is being driven by a deceleration in public spending and slowing private consumption. Meanwhile, a slightly larger trade surplus is ...

QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - When metals warehouses in top consumer China are so full that workers start stockpiling iron ore in granaries and copper in car parks, you know the global economy could be in trouble. At Qingdao Port, home to one of China's largest iron ore terminals, hundreds of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government took a brighter view of the economy in a report on Friday, thanks to improvements in private consumption and exports, but it warned that Europe's debt crisis and financial market swings could worsen the outlook. The upgrade, the first since August last year, comes one ...

Stocks slipped Thursday after a couple of downbeat economic reports from the U.S. and unease over Europe overshadowed positive earnings from the largest American retailer and an encouraging jobs report.

Cross-border shopping is costing the Canadian economy much more than believed and new rules raising duty-free limits will only make matters worse, says a new report by the Bank of Montreal.

Economic activity kept expanding in March as domestic absorption is stimulated by spending in the political process. Thus, in March, the index of economic activity reported an annual growth of 3.6%, after increase of 6.2% in February and 3.9% a year before. Seasonally adjusted figures, however, reported an increase of ...

Severe austerity measures sees Spanish GDP drop for a second quarter…..

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy bounced back in the first quarter from a year-end lull, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast, solid private spending and some improvement in exports. The world's third-largest economy grew 1.0 percent in the January-March quarter, just above ...

Singapore's economic growth slowed in the first quarter as the government warned Thursday that political upheaval in Europe threatens to undermine the global economy.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy bounced back from a year-end lull in the first quarter, powering ahead of other major industrial nations thanks to rebuilding of the tsunami-battered northeast, solid private spending and some improvement in exports. The world's third-largest economy grew 1.0 percent in the January-March quarter, just ahead ...