President Joe Biden has announced an additional $800 million package of security assistance to Ukraine to further augment Ukraine's ability to fight Russian forces in the eastern Donbas region.This is in addition to another $800 million package that Biden pledged last week.Separately, Biden announced Thursday that the United States will provide an additional $500 million in direct economic assista...
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.