Industrial production and foreign trade from Germany and flash inflation and economic confidence from euro area are due on Friday, headlining a busy day for the European economic news.
At 2.00 AM ET, Destatis is slated to issue Germany's foreign trade and industrial production figures. Production is forecast to climb 1 percent on month, following October's 2.8 percent increase. Economists expect exports to fall 0.2 percent month-on-month, reversing the 4.1 percent increase in the previous month.
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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.