Monday, February 16, 2026 at 6:14 AM
The Japanese economy narrowly returned to growth in the final quarter of 2025, largely defying the U.S. tariff hit and giving the central bank room to keep raising rates.
The U.K. economy recorded another year of modest economic growth in 2025 as consumers stayed cautious, unemployment rose and borrowing costs remained high.
The economy grew 0.2% in the final quarter of 2025, shrugging off some of the U.S. tariff-related impact that hit activity earlier in the year.
U.S. GDP grew at 1.4% annual rate in 2025’s final quarter.
Global markets rose after Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a more than two-thirds majority in the country’s lower house, handing her a mandate to pursue fiscal expansion and pro-growth policies.
Data sourced from public RSS feeds and News APIs.
