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LONDON, May 15- The euro hit a six-week low against the dollar on Wednesday after data showing the euro zone economy contracted more than expected in the first quarter of the year, strengthening the case for another interest rate cut.
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MOSCOW, May 15- Russia's government has no room to raise spending, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday, stoking a debate over whether fiscal stimulus should be deployed to revive flagging economic growth.
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BERLIN/ PARIS, May 15- Germany's economy crept back into growth in the first quarter of the year, after a sharp contraction at the end of 2012, while France slipped into recession, data showed on Wednesday.
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BEIJING, May 15- China has limited room to use government spending and policy stimulus to boost its economy, China Premier Li Keqiang was quoted as saying on Wednesday, dashing hopes among some investors that Beijing may take steps to foster growth.
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SINGAPORE, May 15- London copper inched up on Tuesday as investor appetite for risk picked up ahead of economic data expected to underline a U.S. recovery, but a dimming growth outlook in top metals consumer China will cap gains. *London copper logged its steepest fall in two weeks to hit $7,214 a tonne on Monday and is down more than 8 percent for the year.
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NEW YORK, May 14- U.S. economic growth will not be "much greater" than 2 percent over the next three to five years, while global inflation will likely pick up, Pimco, the giant bond firm, said on Tuesday in its investment outlook report.
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LONDON, May 14- Fears about China's economic outlook prompted global investors to become less bullish towards equities and other riskier assets in May, a survey of fund managers shows.
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SYDNEY, May 14- Australia's minority government released its 2013/ 14 budget bill on Tuesday, which showed a widely-flagged deficit in the new fiscal year.
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SYDNEY, May 14- Australia's minority government released its 2013/ 14 budget bill on Tuesday, which showed a widely-flagged deficit in the new fiscal year.
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SINGAPORE, May 14- London copper fell 1.4 percent on Tuesday after comments in China's official media suggested Beijing is unlikely to ease monetary policy, dashing hopes that the government would stimulate an economy that is the world's top user of the metal.
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NEW DELHI, May 14- India's headline inflation fell below 5 percent in April, putting it back in the central bank's comfort zone for the first time in more than three years and fuelling market hopes for more monetary easing to revive the economy's pedestrian growth rate. The wholesale price index, India's main inflation measure, rose an annual 5.96 percent in March.
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The retail sales figures added to recent data pointing to underlying strength in the world's biggest economy, boosting risk assets such as Asian shares, but investors remain nervous about oil demand from the United States and China amid slowing consumption in Europe.
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TOKYO, May 14- Asian shares steadied on Tuesday, snapping a two-day losing streak as a suprising rise in U.S. retail sales boosted optimism about the recovery in the world's largest economy, but the dollar took a breather after recent broad gains ahead of more data.
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NEW YORK, May 13- The dollar gained for a third straight session against the yen and euro on Monday as data showing an unexpected rise in U.S. retail sales assuaged fears of an economic slowdown in the world's largest economy.
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LONDON, May 13- The yen fell further on Monday after Group of Seven finance officials held back from directly criticising Japan's monetary policy, which has pushed the currency to a four-year low against a broadly firmer dollar.
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LONDON, May 13- The yen suffered fresh losses on Monday after Group of Seven finance officials avoided direct criticism of Japan's monetary policy, which has pushed its currency to four-year lows. The euro also fell against a firmer dollar after European Central Bank policymaker Ignazio Visco said the central bank may opt for a negative deposit rate.
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BEIJING, May 13- China's factory output growth was surprisingly muted in April, darkening the outlook for the Chinese economic recovery and feeding expectations that the government may take policy action to support activity. This could reinforce the case for the central bank to cut interest rates, "said Zhou Hao, an economist from ANZ Bank in Shanghai.
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SINGAPORE, May 13- London copper drifted on Monday after logging a third successive week of gains last week as improving economic signals from the United States fueled speculation the Federal Reserve could scale back monetary stimulus.
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*Large economies of Russia, Poland, Turkey lead slowdown. ISTANBUL, May 10- Europe's development bank slashed its 2013 growth forecasts for emerging Europe and North Africa on Friday by almost a full percentage point, saying a sharp slowdown in Russia would drag down the regional economy. "It's really a story of three big countries- Russia, Poland and Turkey.
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*Australia, Korea cut rates, NZ intervenes. Fears that a global currency war is brewing were fuelled when the Reserve Bank of Australia and Bank of Korea both cut interest rates this week, citing the strength of their currencies as one of the reasons to act.