16-February-2026
Economy News
 
Morning Bid: Japan's Economy Could Do With Some Fire Horse Energy
16-Feb-2026

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a quiet start to the week with holidays in much of Asia - welcome, almost, to the year of the Fire Horse - and the United States. Japanese data rained on the Nikkei's parade as GDP badly missed forecasts. The economy grew just 0.2% annualised in the December quarter, when analysts had hoped for a bounce of 1.6% after a contraction in Q3.

News Source:- https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-02-16/morning-bid-japans-economy-could-do-with-some-fire-horse-energy