A majority of people who voted for former President Donald Trump admit that America is in a recession, while only a minority of Biden supporters agreed, according to a recent poll by The Economist and YouGov. In response to a question about whether the United States is in a recession, 82 percent of respondents who voted…

The Japanese economy grew during the second quarter of 2022 and returned to its pre-pandemic level, but the recovery has been slower than in other major economies. Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a 2.2 percent annualized rate during the second quarter, according to the Japanese Cabinet Office. The size of Japan’s economy, the…

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product rose 0.6 percent in November before COVID-19 cases began to surge at the end of the year. The growth in November marked the sixth consecutive monthly expansion and pushed the economy above pre-pandemic levels by 0.2 percent, the agency said Tuesday. Gains in November were seen in wholesale…

China’s economy saw the weakest expansion in a year-and-a-half during the last quarter, official data show. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4 percent in the final quarter of 2021 from a year earlier, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on Jan. 17, down from the 4.9 percent gain in the third quarter—a further deceleration from…