What parts of the world have seen the worst economic performance lately? Here is a ranking of countries with the weakest GDP performance over the past 3 months:
Singapore's industrial production registered a double-digit growth in November but the pace of expansion moderated, data from the Economic Development Board showed on Friday. Driven by biomedical manufacturing, industrial output grew 14.3 percent year-on-year in November but slower than October's...
Philippine trade deficit narrowed in November from a year ago as exports logged a double-digit growth amid falling imports, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported Friday. The trade deficit decreased to $3.5 billion in November from $4.9 billion in the previous year. In October 2025, the trade...
Core inflation in Japan's capital weakened more-than-expected at the end of the year but it remained firmly above the central bank's 2 percent target, official data revealed on Friday. Excluding fresh food, Tokyo inflation softened to 2.3 percent in December from 2.8 percent in November, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported. The rate was also below economists' forecast of
Finishing off this week's series of announcements of the results of its long-term securities auctions, the Treasury Department on Wednesday revealed this month's auction of $44 billion worth of seven-year notes attracted slighly below average demand. The seven-year note auction drew a high yield of...