Reuters with a preview of China Q1 GDP (due at 0200GMT on 15 April 2015):
The article is not gated, but in brief:
- China's annual economic growth likely slowed to a six-year low of 7 percent in the first quarter
- Demand at home and abroad faltered
- Fanning expectations that authorities will have to roll out more policy stimulus to avert a sharper slowdown
- Chinese ... leaders ... emphasizing the need to adapt to "a new normal" of slower but better-quality growth, have signaled growing concern about a deeper downturn that could fuel job losses and debt defaults
- Premier Li Keqiang said last week the world's second-largest economy faces increased downward pressures and the government must "stand up to" such pressure to avoid an impact on employment and incomes
