Exports have gone from a plus for Asia to a real drag. Almost daily, trade data from somewhere show a deterioration. Monday was Japan’s turn. Shipments dropped 1.2 percent in February from a year earlier, the third consecutive slide and twice the dip envisaged by economists. Many people view Japan’s challenges as unique and the country as in a long-term ...

My colleague Conor Sen made a bold prediction: Government will be the driver of the US economy in coming decades. The era of Silicon Valley will end, supplanted by the imperatives of fighting climate change and competing with China. This would be a momentous change. The biggest tech companies — Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Google (Alphabet Inc.) and (a ...

Bloomberg US equities gained at the start of a week filled with potentially significant catalysts from central bank meetings, geopolitical developments and economic data. Treasuries and the dollar drifted lower. The S&P 500 opened slightly higher, led by financials and energy shares, while chipmakers helped propel an advance in the Nasdaq 100. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fought to hold ...