China released Q4 2012 GDP figures last night, and the numbers came in slightly above economists’ estimates, re-accelerating to 7.9 percent growth year-over-year from 7.4 percent in the previous quarter. The numbers may distance the Chinese economy...

The Philadelphia Fed is out with its quarterly survey of 48 professional economic forecasters. In line with the overall trend of data, their assessment was downbeat.  Median forecasts for Q3 GDP were revised downward from 2.5 percent...