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The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics said the growth in gross domestic product had slipped back from 6.8 per cent in the final quarter of last year. However, the figure was slightly higher than expected and some economists detected the beginnings of an upturn in economic activity due to the Chinese government's 400bn fiscal stimulus package and a dramatic increase in bank lending.
Chinese economy grows at slowest pace since records began

Fears that recession will tip the US economy into a destructive bout of Japanese-style deflation grew sharply today after America's headline inflation sank into negative territory for the first time in half a century.
Deflation sparks new fears for American economy

The fledgling recovery in the US housing market appears to have stalled, reducing the chance of President Barack Obama's "glimmers of hope" turning into green shoots any time soon.
US housing data puts Obama's hopes on hold

The March stock market rally that fuelled hopes of a broader economic recovery was deceptive because real money investors remained on the sidelines, said the chief executive of NYSE Euronext, the worlds largest stock exchange.
NYSE chief cautions on March rally

Nine of Britain's biggest building societies, holding billions of pounds of customer deposits between them, have had their credit ratings cut to near "junk" status.
Moody's slashed mutuals' ratings in mass downgrade

Retail sales rose by a better-than-expected 0.6pc in March, compared with the same month last year, helped by warmer weather and higher food sales according to the latest survey.
Food and clothing drive retail sales up

The modest recovery staged by world stock markets in recent weeks may mark the beginning of a new bull market for equities, one of the UK's best-known hedge fund managers said yesterday.
Odey hails the return of a bull market

Hard money enthusiasts have long watched for signs that China is switching its foreign reserves from US Treasury bonds into gold bullion. They may have been eyeing the wrong metal.
A 'Copper Standard' for the world's currency system?

NIKKEI 225	AUSTRALIA ASX200	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

KOSPI	VIX	GOLD	NYMEX CRUDE

BRBY JP Morgan: downgraded to neutral from overweight, tp cut to 335 from 350
EXPN Shore: reiterated sell
IPR HSBC: initiated overweight
OML UBS: downgraded to neutral from buy, tp reiterated 65

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