Japan’s Exports Plunge as Downturn Spreads in Asia

Hong Kong says economy slowed in 2011
Hong Kong's economic growth fell further in the final quarter of 2012 as global trade weakened, and the government forecast an anemic expansion this year.

UK economic recovery comes to surprise halt in Q4
Britain's economy contracted by half a percent in the last three months of 2010, official data showed Tuesday, shocking markets which had expected a continued recovery.

AP survey: Painfully slow economic gains into 2011
The job market and the economy will improve only slightly next year, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists whose outlook for 2011 has dimmed over the past three months.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High...
We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions. According to Charles R. Morris, the...

The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the...
Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial...