Global Data Watch: Spend and Delever

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• Global consumption on track for solid gains even as fiscal supports fade
• China’s rising inflation and slowing growth news likely to be tempered when March data are released
• Japan’s growth news is positive, but deflation is intensifying
• Next week: A quiet Fed, more QE from the BoJ, and a 50bp hike from COPOM

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