In Beijing, the government released a set of figures indicating that output from the country's enormous manufacturing sector is declining.
Going through with Brexit would also have more lasting implications for British businesses, particularly those in the country's enormous financial sector.
Mr Juncker was elected in 1995, and during his tenure the country of half a million people wedged between Belgium, Germany and France has thrived, in part because of its enormous banking sector.
The city's modern health, transportation and communications systems have helped induce nearly 1,000 multinational companies to put their regional headquarters here, creating an enormous service sector for the 100,000 expatriates who live here and even more who visit on business.
CalPERS, California's enormous public-sector pension fund, is also keen.But supporters are vastly outnumbered by opponents.
The most striking feature of our chart, though, is the low level of Japanese yields, despite that country's enormous public-sector debt.
He says that, among other things, it would have made it impossible to accumulate the enormous private-sector debt load that led to the financial crisis of 2007.
Officials respond that the tax has wide public support and will put an end to enormous public-sector payouts that have been the subject of scandal.
