economic slump

International investors are boosting bets that India's rupee will extend the worst slide since 2008 as an economic slump deepens, suggesting a lack of confidence in the central bank's steps to curb exchange-rate volatility.

Economies in the Asia-Pacific region appeared isolated from the turmoil in other parts of the world, but cracks are appearing, and a serious disruption in Europe could spill into Asia.

There are signs the economy is moving toward a higher reliance on temporary workers, one that will outlast the economic slump.

The inflation-adjusted Phillips curve predicts not just deflation, but accelerating deflation in the face of a really prolonged economic slump.

Bahrain's government investment company says losses more than doubled last year as the economic slump hurt key businesses.

Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online Tuesday.

Chemical company FMC Corp. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 65 percent as the economic slump reduced demand for the company's products.

Schlumberger says the worst effects of the economic slump may be over, even though the company's third-quarter profits dropped 48 percent from a year earlier.

China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Thursday its first-half profit rose just 1.4 percent from a year earlier as growth slowed due to competition and an economic slump.