BEIJING: China’s economy is in better shape than expected, the country’s premier said, but a big fall in wholesale prices in Japan shows the world’s second largest economy was sliding back towards deflation.
A jump in China’s industrial output last month, along with a record rise in new lending, gave further credence to the idea that the bottom of the worst global crisis since the Great Depression may not be far away.
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