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BEIJING-- China's economy grew 1.1% from the previous quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday. It was the slowest quarterly growth on record since the government started to release the quarterly figures in early 2011. The statistics bureau also revised the on-quarter growth of the nation's gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of last year to 1.5% from an initial estimate of 1.6%.

Stocks in Asia fell sharply early Monday after major oil producers failed to reach an agreement to curtail production in Doha over the weekend.

Why would the Saudis give up now? That’s the question crude oil bulls should have been asking themselves ahead of the Sunday meeting of major oil producers that failed to produce an agreement to put a lid on production.

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman tells Bloomberg that his country could unleash a million barrels of oil a day and reiterated the view that they won’t go along with a freeze if other major producers don’t participate.

Find out which oil producers will attend the big meeting in Doha, Qatar Sunday.

Investors will have a lot to digest next week with more than 100 S&P 500 companies reporting, results but the stock market is expected to remain relatively resilient with much of the potential shock from tepid earnings already priced in.

The public clash between the two allies over currency policy underscores growing worries in the U.S. that Japan might resort to exchange-rate depreciation to revive the world’s third-largest economy.

Freezing crude production won’t give the oil market the cure it needs to rid itself of its supply glut.

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The number of speculative bets that the yen will strengthen just reached a milestone.

Treasury yields see their largest weekly rise in a month, despite retreating Friday from April highs reached a day earlier, due to weak data on U.S. industrial production and consumer confidence.

After a congressional debate on a bill on Puerto Rico’s debt crisis was hastily canceled Thursday following months of negotiations due to remaining disagreements, investors were bracing for a so-called debt moratorium that could lead to up to $2.4 billion in missed bond payments. Here is what you need to know.

U.S. stocks end modestly lower Friday as a retreat in oil prices weighs on energy shares ahead of the key meeting of major oil producers slated for Sunday. But all three main indexes finish the week with gains.

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