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A man holds his savings book on May 14 during a protest held outside Caja Madrid's headquarters in Madrid, which was bought by Bankia bank.

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The Dow closed up 33 points or 0.3% while the S&P gained 0.1% to 1320 and the We've come to treat the HSBC flash estimate of China's monthly manufacturing PMI as an important global economic indicator, with yesterday's result showing a fall to 48.7 in May from 49.3 in April.

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Political turmoil in Greece and Franco-German differences over how to spur growth are weighing heavily on business confidence in the eurozone.

German business confidence fell more than estimated in May and the UK economy contracted in the first quarter.

Most Asian markets edged lower Thursday after weak manufacturing data from China and as European leaders failed to produce a breakthrough to the region's economic crisis.

European Union leaders, at an informal meeting on Wednesday, said they wanted Greece to stay in the euro zone while respecting commitments it had made in return for its bailout, but have been advised by senior officials to prepare contingency plans in case Greece exits.

Last week: The domestic economy is growing and there are signs of renewed activity in the housing market.

Rainy weather across Britain has been a fitting real-life metaphor to mirror the torrential downpour of bad economic news hammering down on Chancellor George Osborne's well-coiffuered head.

New Zealand manufacturing slipped into contraction in April, falling to its lowest level in six months and shedding March's very strong gains, according to the BNZ-BusinessNZ performance of manufacturing index .

Manufacturing took a nasty knock in April, after a strong run earlier in the year, with businesses suffering from a high New Zealand dollar and low demand.

HSBC Viet Nam yesterday released its April Viet Nam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index , which said the index slightly declined to 49.5 in April from 50 in March, and the figure signalled that overall business conditions worsened slightly.

Activity in the manufacturing sector and the overall economy has been growing for some time, and now it appears that the pace of growth is quickening.

Edited and translated by People's Daily Online China's Purchasing Managers' Index rose 0.2 percentage points to 53.3 in April, above its level a year earlier, according to statistics jointly released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the National Bureau of Statistics' Services Survey Center on May 1. It was the index's fifth ... (more)

JEDDAH: Growth in business activity in Saudi Arabia's nonoil private sector rose to a nine-month high in April, boosted by strong output and new orders, a survey showed.

The American manufacturing index registered a 54.8 percent in April, logging the 33rd consecutive month of growth in that sector.

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Economic activity in the overall United States manufacturing sector- and in the Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components sector - expanded in April for the 33rd consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 35th consecutive month, according to the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

Singapore's manufacturing activity contracted in April after two months of expansion, hurt by drops in employment and order backlogs, the latest Purchasing Manager's Index showed.