The U.S. dollar was fairly steady against most major currencies on Tuesday, with traders reacting to a mixed batch of economic data from the U.S. and Europe and reports that several ECB members felt economic projections for Eurozone growth were too optimistic.The dollar index rose to 97.09 gaining nearly 0.15%.Against the euro, the dollar strengthened to 1.1281, gaining about 0.2%, recovering from...
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.