The Nikkei is modestly higher. Remember it has been up after Shinzo Abe came to power on promises o…

Asian markets are diving, following in Wall Street's footsteps.Here's the scoreboard, via CNBC:

Q1 GDP was up 7.4% on the year, but down from 7.7% the previous quarter. Quarter-over-quarter GDP w…

Korea saw an ugly PMI report to start its day, but its Kospi index is shrugging it off and is basic…

Meanwhile, Chinese consumer prices were up 2.5% in January, modestly higher than expected, and prod…

This follows on the back of a broader sell-off in the U.S. and disappointing data from China that h…

Tomorrow, ISM will announce its latest "non-manufacturing" data print. Plus Dallas Fed President Ri…

It was an ugly session for the US on Thursday, and that's translating into weakness in Asia.The big…

"Today's PMI data would come as a relief for policymakers, as it suggests that the economy is not s…

Korea's Kospi opened down -0.13% but has since recovered to +0.58.Australia's S&P/ASX 200 has f…

Global stock markets were reported to have been roiled by two reports out of China. First there was…

The U.S. Census will release its advance report on new orders for for durable goods in July. Econom…

After Friday's big, jobs-report induced rally in the U.S., Asian markets are jumping.And via Dee Wa…

The Bank of England released the minutes from its monetary policy meeting at 4:30 a.m. ET, which sh…

From the US later, the major scheduled news is the Federal Reserve's announcement on rates and QE a…

Chinese stocks are up, after falling to a three-month low on Thursday. Stocks were impacted by the …

Chinese GDP is up 7.6% in the first half of the year. Markets are watching to see if policymakers w…

Things are looking better in European trading, where Germany's DAX is up 1.5%, and Italy is up 0.7%…

In a note last week, the analysts compared the S&P 500 to Japanese and Chinese indices over 126…