The United States on Wednesday recorded the highest number of Covid infections and deaths due to the disease in a single day since February.With a whopping 275,674 new cases reported on Wednesday, an unprecedented figure in recent months, the total number of people that have been infected with coronavirus has risen to 89,225,558, as per Johns Hopkins University's latest data.1,786 additional death...
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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.