The China data showed that factory activity contracted for the first time in seventh months in May.
If eurozone gross domestic product data on Thursday shows the economy contracted, that could spur the ECB to act, analysts said.
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On Monday, data showed Italy's gross domestic product contracted 0.9% in the fourth quarter.
Data published yesterday showed the Euro-zone contracted in Q3, its second consecutive decline, resulting in a technical recession.
The most recent data on the American economy show that GDP contracted for three consecutive quarters last year, not just one period as at first thought.
With the rise of television and Internet marketing, door-to-door sales jobs contracted by 40% in the last five years for which data is available, and telemarketer positions declined by 25%.
Revised data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the economy contracted by 0.5% during the quarter, less than the 0.7% it announced last month.
Imports have also contracted at an even faster pace than exports, down 43%, the biggest fall since data began being collected in 1995.
For any companies already having issues across the Atlantic, data out of Europe Tuesday did not offer much of a respite, as the eurozone contracted 0.2% during the second quarter.
Data showed that consumer confidence in France rose slightly in February and that Germany's economy contracted marginally during the fourth quarter, in line with expectations.
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