Japanese GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel (Q4) Q/Q 0.1% vs. Exp. 0.4% (Prev. -0.7%, Rev. From -0.6%)

The preliminary GDP growth rate for Japan in Q4 came in at 0.1%, significantly below the expected 0.4%.

Newsquawk StaffPublished 16 Feb 2026, 00:10 UTCOn the live feed at 23:50 UTC — 5 more headlines followed before this page went public

Newsquawk headlinesUTC

00:01

UK Rightmove House Prices YY (Feb) 0.0% (Prev. 0.5%)

23:59

OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Steinberger in AI agent push

23:50

Japanese GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel (Q4) Q/Q 0.1% vs. Exp. 0.4% (Prev. -0.7%, Rev. From -0.6%)

23:47

PRE-MARKET JAPANESE STOCKS NEWS: Earnings from Dai-Ichi Life Holdings and Japan Post companies

23:00

Macquarie Asset Management consortium is to acquire Qube Holdings (QUB AT) for AUD 5.20 cash per share

Open the platform and use it. The whole workspace is free to try, with no signup and no card. When you want the headlines arriving live instead of on a delay, Newsquawk Pro is £24.99 for 7 days.

Try the platform free

Free. No signup, no card.

Context

This miss from expectations, along with a prior quarter revision to -0.7%, suggests continued economic weaknesses which may affect monetary policy and sentiment in markets, particularly impacting commodities if growth prospects remain subdued.

Macro · last 90 days

Recent headlines that moved markets

MACRO/20 Aug · 01:30 UTC

Australian Employment Change (Jul) -15.8K vs. Exp. 15K (Prev. 76.3K)

Market, after we published−0.3%

AUD/USD immediately moved lower by 22 pips to 0.7103 from 0.7125.

ENERGY/3 Sept · 08:03 UTC

Russian President Putin says that Russia and Ukraine should agree first; he notes that there is an opportunity to reach a peace agreement.

with Brent Nov, after we published−1.3%

EQUITIES/3 Sept · 04:54 UTC

North Korea stripped references to "peaceful unification" with South Korea from the charter of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to Yonhap.

Equity indices, after we published−3.3%

EQUITIES/1 Sept · 16:17 UTC

Initial reports of an American attack on Iran, reports i24's Stein.

ES, after we published−0.2%

ENERGY/1 Sept · 16:17 UTC

Initial reports of an American attack on Iran, reports i24's Stein.

- Brent (V6), after we published+1.2%

METALS/1 Sept · 08:06 UTC

Two oil supertankers were reportedly hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, reports citing Marisks suggest (details light)

Spot Gold, after we published−1.0%

Newsquawk Daily

Get both market opens in your inbox.

This note and the other one — the EU open and the US open, every business day, written by the desk. No account needed.

Related headlines

The whole workspace, free to try.

© 2026 Newsquawk. All rights reserved.