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• Euro-Area Recession Deepens

  By Stefan Riecher and Simone Meier, Bloomberg  |  October 24, 2012

  Services and manufacturing output contract more than expected in October.

• Euro-Area Services, Manufacturing Slump

  By Svenja O’Donnell, Bloomberg  |  September 20, 2012

  Weak readings on purchasing indexes suggests euro area contraction continues in Q3.

• Euro-Area Jobless Rate Hits Record

  By Simone Meier, Bloomberg  |  July 31, 2012

  Eurozone unemployment stood at 11.2% in June.

• Euro-Area Manufacturing Contracts

  By Patrick Henry, Bloomberg  |  January 2, 2012

  Purchasing managers gauge indicates decline for fifth month in a row.

• China Inflation Cooling

  By Sophie Leung, Li Yanping, V  |  November 2, 2011

  Easing Chinese inflation leaves room for Premier Wen Jiabao to loosen credit.