- U.S. retail sales fell 0.4% in April.
- RealtyTrac said there were 342,038 U.S. foreclosures in April, up 32% YoY.
- Industrial production in the Euro area fell 2.0% MoM and 20.2% YoY
- YoY China's industrial output rose 7.3% in April
- (Reuters) - The U.S. financial system has already completed a big part of the painful adjustment away from its excessively leveraged state, and lending is starting to improve, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.