All the day’s economic and financial news, including reaction to China’s latest GDP figures * Credit bubble dangers * China’s growth rate hits a seven-year low * What the economists say 12.36pm BST Greece will be on the agenda when German chancellor Angela Merkel meets US president Obama on Sunday, ACCORDING TO NEWSPAPER KATHIMERINI: Greece is expected to be among the topics on the agenda of talks on Sunday when US President Barack Obama is to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hanover. Obama is traveling to Germany to join Merkel for the launch of the Hanover Messe, a major global trade fair for industrial technology. 12.19pm BST IT’S EXACTLY ONE YEAR SINCE THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK’S PRESS CONFERENCE WAS DISRUPTED BY A CAMPAIGNER THROWING GLITTER AT MARIO DRAGHI. Jo Witt’s call to “End ECB dick-tatorship” made headlines around the world, after she was hauled out of the room by security. Remarkable scenes at today's ECB press conference: http://t.co/XB6i3QSCd4 pic.twitter.com/sCy08at1bq We can try to change our economy. If the ECB was a democratically elected institution we could use it far more for the better. How to train your Draghi pic.twitter.com/HGG5lDvHeh Continue reading...
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