Recession
IMF sees no global recession in 2001 or 2002
US - International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger said Monday 24 September she does not see a global recession in either 2001 or 2002 despite increased economic uncertainty following the 11 September attacks on the United…
Has economic crisis been avoided?
FEATURE - If the reaction of markets so far is anything to go by, the world has avoided the worst case scenario of a global economic meltdown after the terrorist attacks on the US.
Japan moves closer to recession
JAPAN - Steep falls in industrial production and retail sales in July have pushed Japan closer to official recession, figures showed on 30 August.
BOJ hints at unavoidable recession in Japan
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan has downgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy for the third straight month and hinted strongly that a recession - the country's fourth in a decade - will be unavoidable.
Chicago Fed: Recession risks rising
US - The risk that the U.S. economy is in a recession rose in June to its highest level this year, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said on 2 August as it released its monthly index of U.S. economic activity.
Argentina softens economic reforms
ARGENTINA - The Argentine government is to soften its belt-tightening economic reforms after two days of crippling strikes and protests.
US recession risk rose in May - Chicago Fed index
US - The recession risk for the U.S. economy increased to its highest point this year in May, according to an index released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on 5 July.
Comment on the Fed's rate cut decision
UK - The Financial Times in London, 28 June, has published a comment on the US Federal Reserve Board's decision to cut it's key interest rate measure by 0.25 percent.
Fed set for fresh rate cut - but by how much?
US - The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, will announce today, 27 June, whether it has decided to cut interest rates further to boost the flagging American economy.
NBER - US 'recession' may already have peaked
ARTICLE - In a letter to the editor of the Financial Times in London, Martin Feldstein, President of the National Bureau of Economic Research in the US says that even if a recession occurs it will be a long time before it becomes official.
Argentina's new measures to combat recession
ARGENTINA - Argentina is preparing to implement it's latest package of measures aimed at wresting the country out of a three-year recession and staving off a potential debt default.
Speech by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan gave a speech on 24 May at the Economic Club of New York. In it he assesses the US economy's recent performance and speculates on the future.
New data poses US rate cut dilemma
US - For the fourth time this year the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has to decide by just how much it will cut interest rates.
UK poised for rate reduction
UK - The Bank of England faces pressure to cut interest rates tomorrow, May 9, as it begins its monthly two day meeting.