COVID-19's economic hit is all in your mind

Psychology can be more powerful than facts when it comes to an epidemic's impact

Take COVID-19, add a trade war and raise taxes: A recipe for disaster

Japan is facing a trifecta of challenges with severe economic consequences.

Japan's misguided consumption tax hike makes a big fiscal package inevitiable.

Here it's apparent that centuries-old ties between the nations can't be unwound by political rhetoric spewing from distant capital cities.

Beijing played a pivotal role in reviving global growth after recessions in 2001 and 2008, but things are very different now.

An increase in the consumption levy is the last thing Japan's economy needs.

Japanese businesses are starting to recognize the need to import more labor, but there's still reason to be wary of the 'I' word.

The nation's demographic decline has created an opening for the technology sector.

Struggling businesses in rural Japan show the limits of the central bank's massive easing.

The forces shaping the global slowdown predate both the U.S. president and his Chinese counterpart. The solution will take more than handshakes.