BRUSSELS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Economic growth in Europe is expected to fall sharply before starting to recover in late 2009, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.
TOKYO, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Japan's Nikkei index led the Asian-Pacific markets rout Thursday on the heels of Wall Street's plunge on rising concerns of an economic slowdown.
TOKYO, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Japan's 225-stock Nikkei index erased early losses and closed higher Wednesday but other major Asian-Pacific markets ended lower on fears of recession.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The current financial crisis could exact a toll on the world's gross domestic product, an international business group in Belgium said.
TOKYO, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Tokyo stock exchange nosedived Wednesday as the Nikkei index plunged more than 9 percent at close, dragging most other Asian markets with it.
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Japan's Nikkei index fell sharply after opening Friday, reflecting global concerns on the U.S. financial rescue package despite its passage by the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- The International Monetary Fund said Monday that tighter credit and rising inflation had begun to test emerging markets.
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes fell sharply Friday on a very disappointing report on employment growth.
TOKYO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Asian stocks closed sharply down Wednesday over concerns about the weakening U.S. economy, the most important export market for many Asian countries.
TOKYO, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Asian stocks dropped further Friday, led by Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 with its biggest one-day percentage fall in more than seven years.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Stocks took another fall Thursday as did Asian and European markets amid more bad U.S. housing news.
NEW YORK, July 20 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes fell sharply Friday amid disappointing earnings and subprime-mortgage concerns.
TOKYO, March 5 (UPI) -- Asian and European stock indexes fell Monday following last week's plunge that wiped out $1.5 trillion in world market value.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Most Asian and European stock indexes fell Wednesday as investors worried about weakness in the U.S. economy.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks rallied sharply Thursday with a new post-election vitality as oil prices fell to a five-week low.