Q4 GDP up 1.9% (annual rate) Revised fourth quarter GDP growth remains at 1.9% 16 Hours Ago | 02:00 U.S. economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as previously reported, with robust consumer spending offset by downward revisions to business and government investment.

Bankruptcy cases surged in Chinalast year, indicating growing economic stress as well as progress in the ruling Communist party's efforts to use the country's courts to deal with indebted "zombie" companies and reduce industrial overcapacity.

Turns out that "made in China" is not so cheap anymore as labor costs have risen rapidly in the country's vast manufacturing sector.

Growth in euro zone business activity surged in February to its highest level in almost six years, according to the latest survey of the services and manufacturing sectors by IHS Markit.

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Is the dollar’s bull run over? Is the dollar’s bull run over? Thursday, 16 Feb 2017 | 4:00 PM ET | 02:53 The U.S. dollar finished the week just barely positive, and some strategists see the greenback heading lower as political uncertainty mounts.

Japan's efforts to put the kibosh on karoshi, or "death by overwork," by addressing excessive overtime could weigh heavily on economic growth, Deutsche Bank said.

The three major Singapore banks may have gotten past the build-up in bad loans from the oil and gas sector by setting aside billions of Singapore dollars combined, but economic uncertainties are expected to persist through 2017 may hinder growth.

U.S. consumer prices recorded their biggest increase in nearly four years in January as households paid more for gasoline and other goods, suggesting inflation pressures could be picking up.

British consumer prices rose last month, caused by higher global oil prices and the Brexit vote-fueled fall in the value of sterling.

Bank, rescued by a group of hedge funds in 2013, has put itself up for sale as it seeks to build its capital to meet regulatory requirements

U.S. import prices rose more than expected in January amid further gains in the cost of energy products, but a strong dollar continued to dampen underlying imported inflation.

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to near a 43-year low, amid a further tightening of the labor market that could eventually spur faster wage growth.

Rising mortgage rates, bigger jumps in home prices and still-moderate income growth are adding up to a triple threat for the housing market this spring.

Recession risk has declined, according to a new Deutsche Bank analysis of a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey.

The US economy grew at an annual pace of 1.9% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to official figures. That was slower than the 2.2% growth rate economists had been expecting and below third quarter growth of 3.5%. For the year, GDP rose by 1.6%, the slowest since 2011 and down on 2015 when the world's largest economy expanded by 2.6%.

Traders were not expecting the central bank to raise its key short-term rate after approving a quarter-point hike in December.