The $3 trillion French economy grew this month for the first time since February, as coronavirus restrictions were eased and domestic consumption ticked up, according to a closely-watched survey.

With states continuing to lift coronavirus restrictions, people across the U.S. have felt more comfortable traveling, taking transit, eating out and even moving to a new home.

India reported more than 11,000 new cases of infection as of 8 a.m. local time on June 14, government data showed.

The European Central Bank on Thursday said it would expand its massive bond-buying program to combat the shock from the coronavirus pandemic.

China's factory activity grew at a slower pace in May but momentum in the services and construction sectors quickened, pointing to an uneven recovery in the world's second-largest economy as businesses emerge from coronavirus-led shutdowns.

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 86.6 this month from 85.7 in April.

Last year, GDP expanded by 6.1%, just making the official target range of 6% to 6.5%.

Japan's economy has entered recession, and the coronavirus pandemic will likely make things even worse.

The world's second largest economy contracted 6.8% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to a year earlier, according to government statistics released Friday.

Japan's economy shrank at the fastest pace in almost six years in the December quarter as last year's sales tax hike hit consumer and business spending, highlighting a fragile outlook made worse by growing coronavirus risks.

China is struggling with a new virus that has already killed more than 20 people.

China has revised up its economic growth by 0.1 percentage points each year between 2014 and 2018, the National Bureau of Statistics said, making it easier for Beijing to fulfill its goal of doubling the size of the economy by 2020 from 2010.

The IMF has now revised down those forecasts to 2.9% and 3.3%, respectively.

The country's central bank will in effect inject $115 billion into the financial system despite signs the economy has been improving.

The economy expanded by 1% in the three months ended September, compared to the previous year, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. It's the weakest annual growth rate since the beginning of 2010.

China plans to provide more support for its economy, including investing in infrastructure projects and regional development, while maintaining a prudent monetary policy with "reasonably" ample liquidity, the State Council said on Sunday.

Semiconductor sales fell 30 per cent, while exports to China fell 20 per cent, suggesting joint headwinds of global electronics slowdown and US-China trade war

The Bundesbank said Monday that Europe's largest economy "is probably set to remain lackluster in the third quarter of 2019." It predicts that GDP "could continue to fall slightly."

Steve Eisman, the investor of "Big Short" fame, says his biggest worry is the Hong Kong protests, which he says could endanger any kind of trade deal with China and hurt the global economy.

Just about every indicator of economic health in China is down.

Intel plans to invest $5 billion to expand production at its Kiryat Gat plant in southern Israel, Israeli Economy Minister Eli Cohen said on Wednesday after talks with the US chipmaker.

The head of China's second-biggest e-commerce company, JD.com Inc, accused the United States on Wednesday of practising "serious" protectionism against Chinese firms and said this would ultimately backfire on the world's largest economy.

The US economy gathered speed in the second quarter of the year, growing at an annualised pace of 2.6%.

China's economy accelerated for a second-straight quarter as investment picked up, retail sales rebounded and factory output strengthened amid robust credit growth and further strength in property markets.

Will there be a trade war? Probably not, because protectionist measures would hurt the US economy and the Chinese are counting on it to be impractical.

Osram is focusing the business on semiconductors after the German Economy Ministry signed off on the sale of Ledvance to a Chinese consortium. After the disposal, the company's portfolio will center on automotive lighting as well as sensors and specialty LEDs.

China's economy grew by 6.7% in 2016, compared with 6.9% a year earlier, according to official data, marking its slowest growth since 1990.

The Reserve Bank of India acknowledged Wednesday that the country's ongoing cash shortage is hurting the economy.

Europe's largest economy grew by 0.2% between July and September, half the 0.4% rate seen in the previous three months.

Hitachi is preparing to unload operations in power tools and semiconductor fabrication equipment, further narrowing its focus and resources with the aim of bolstering earning power in an uncertain global economy.

The world's second-largest economy grew by 6.7% in the three months to the end of June, compared with the same period a year earlier.

Singapore is rushing to reinvent itself as Asia's financial technology, or fintech, hub to fend off a regulatory threat to its wealth management industry and revive a sluggish economy.

The Institute of Directors (IoD) surveyed 1,000 of its members and found that a quarter planned to freeze recruitment.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage hailed it as the UK's "independence day" but the Remain camp called it a "catastrophe."

Foreign investors are selling Japanese stocks at the fastest pace in years, as high hopes for "Abenomics" turn to disenchantment.

When Taiwan's new president takes the oath of office this week, two vital constituencies-one at home, the other across the strait in mainland China-will be listening hard, but for different things.

Chinese exports have seen their sharpest drop in almost seven years, adding to concerns over the health of the world's second largest economy.

Japan's GDP shrank by 1.4% in the last three months of 2015, the government said Monday, underlining the challenges for officials who have been trying for years to drag the world's third-largest economy out of stagnation.

The European Commission has cut its forecast for economic growth in the eurozone this year.