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JAKARTA -- The results of Wednesday's presidential election in Indonesia will shift the political landscape in Southeast Asia's largest economy, with one analyst saying a power battle between Prabowo Subianto, who has claimed victory, and incumbent leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has begun.
Henny Sender is the founder and managing partner of Apsara Advisory, a strategic consultancy for financial services companies. She was previously a managing director at investment company BlackRock.
TOKYO -- Japan's gross domestic product unexpectedly shrank for a second straight quarter, confirming that the nation's economy has now slipped behind Germany to become the world's fourth largest.
TOKYO/HONG KONG -- While Japan's nominal gross domestic product slipped below Germany's last year, making it the world's fourth-largest economy, the country's growth rate has surpassed that of China for the first time in almost half a century.
The Japanese economy contracted at the end of last year, defying expectations for modest growth and pushing the country into a recession.
Japan's economy dipped into a technical recession, after unexpectedly contracting again in the October-December period, provisional government data showed Thursday. High inflation crimped domestic demand and private consumption in what's now the world's fourth-largest economy.
Stock futures rose Thursday as Wall Street looked to build on a modest rebound with key economic data on deck.
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