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Survey points to slower US growth
■ US government debt prices rose yesterday as anxiety over economic weakness in Europe and slowing growth in the United States led investors to favour lower-risk investments over stocks and other risky assets. A weaker-than-expected private report on business activities in the Chicago region in April fuelled jitters that the world’s biggest economy is experiencing a spring deceleration for a third straight year. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said its index on upper Midwest business activity fell to 56.2 in April, the lowest since November 2009.