The comments follow a series of data revealing that the economy, which in the autumn had looked set to begin recovering from its worst slump in 50 year, was hovering on the verge of recession.

BBC: Zero interest rates back on agenda

Leveraging an industry-leading feature-set, the Agility 4 SSD series offers superior endurance and reliability without the need for internal data compression (that typically leads to decreased performance of ubiquitous files types).

ENGADGET: Agility 4 SSD from OCZ announced, already in stock at $150