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Share Centre's Profit Watch UK report also highlights real terms FTSE 350 revenue drop in disappointing year.

Final Markit Eurozone PMI rises to 15-month high at 48.3 in May from April's four-month low of 46.7.

Markit's Purchasing Managers Index at highest level since 2012.

Bank of England data shows fall in SME business lending despite support from credit easing schemes such as FLS.

Mining sector, with bans in some states, proves a drag on growth.

Trades Union Congress analysis says UK economy would have grown three times faster without tumbling construction output and calls for fiscal stimulus.

Britain pledges legal fight with EU over discrimination against EU nationals claiming social security in UK.

Fed plan to prune global asset purchases weighs on markets as investors resort to selling.

Fund managers Miles Geldard & Lee Manzi say Government bond investors will pay the price for monetary policies

The services sector grew 3.2%, counterbalancing a 0.2% dip in the production of goods.

OECD says UK Chancellor's public spending cuts programme is "appropriate" despite waning economic outlook.

An interest-rate cut could be the need of the hour to fill a 'physical' and an 'economic' hole that emerges owing to slowing mining activity and investments.

German monthly and yearly consumer price index data is expected during the day.

The IMF joins a number of private investment banks to cut China's growth outlook.

Nearly 3.7% of the country's work force remain out of work, showed a government data.

Among the 41 companies tracked, 30 posted profit growth, eight reported drop in income.

UK manufacturers doubt abilities of the nation's young, finds Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Banks and financial institutions sanctioned home loans worth £5bn in April, up from £4.8bn in March.

Markets show signs of recovery after sharpest single-day fall.

Gfk German Consumer Climate Index rises to 6.5 from 6.2 in previous month.

Office for National Statistics data shows UK economy expanded by 0.3%.

New prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson says application to join EU will be put on hold.

IMF concludes UK visit by warning George Osborne: 'Slow growth could permanently damage medium-term growth prospects.'

ONS data shows deficit falling faster than forecast by Office for Budget Responsibility.

European markets follow the Asian peers and rise in early trades.

Daniel Stewart & Co’s chief economist Alastair Winter previews the week ahead for markets, politics and economics

Banks launch fund despite facing mis-selling scandals to small business owners and mounting complaints from customers

The US dollar hit a new high versus the yen at the end of the week, its highest since October 2008.

Amit Kara, UBS European economist, tells IBTimes UK about BoE's future under Mark Carney.

Investors cautious as US Federal Reserve hints at exit from the bond-buying programme.