Countries in Recession (updated)

Updated 17 May 09: Added Israel.

Updated 15 May 09: Added France.

Updated 19 Feb 09: Added Taiwan

Updated 23 Jan 09: Added Britain.

Updated 1 Dec 08: NBER Says officially, the US went into recession from December 2007.

Officially, at least:

Asia (Report Date, Country, GDP Growth):

17 May 2009: Israel (-3.6% annualized)

19 Feb 2009: Taiwan (-8.36%)

21 Nov 2008: Singapore (-0.6%)

17 Nov 2008: Japan (-0.4%)

14 Nov 2008: Hong Kong (-0.5%)

Europe/Americas :

15 May 089: France (-1.2%)

28 Jan 09: Spain

23 Jan 09: Great Britain (-1.5%)

1 Dec 08: United States (-0.5%)

14 Nov 2008, Italy (-0.5%)

14 Nov 2008, Germany (-0.4%)

• Will keep this page updated.*