Japan manufacturers' mood slumps to two-and-a-half-year low - Reuters Tankan
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturers' business confidence slipped to a 2-1/2-year low in April, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, underlining growing concerns the economy could slip into a recession in the face of slowing external demand.The monthly poll, which tracks the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) closely watched tankan quarterly survey, found the service-sector mood up for the first time in four months, which may help ease some of the pressure on the world's third-biggest..