Singapore real estate prices fell in the April-June period for a fourth straight quarter amid the city-state’s worst ever recession.

Japanese companies remained deeply pessimistic in June even as a central bank survey showed their confidence improving from record lows, suggesting the world’s second-largest economy is crawling rather than sprinting out of recession.

China’s manufacturing expanded in June, adding to signs the world’s third-largest economy is rebounding from the collapse in global trade, but few new jobs were created, according to two surveys released Wednesday.

U.S. benchmark lending rates could stay near zero for a couple of years based on the amount of slack now in the economy, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen said on Tuesday.

Japanese companies remain deeply pessimistic, but confidence is starting to improve from record lows last quarter, a key central bank survey showed Wednesday.

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President Barack Obama asked Congress on Tuesday to create a new agency to police the fine print on credit card bills and mortgage documents and determine what fees, penalties and interest rates are fair.

A recovery from the worldwide economic slump will occur in east Asia only after it has begun in the United States, the Singapore ambassador to the U.S. said Tuesday.

Oshkosh Corp. won a $1.06 billion Army contract to build new, off-road terrain vehicles to outfit ground forces in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.

Unemployment up in U.S. cities