Asian stocks ended broadly lower on Monday as investors braced for a slew of central bank decisions this week.The Federal Reserve meets on Wednesday, while the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank will announce their monetary policy decisions on Thursday.The Bank of Japan is also meeting on Thursday, with no change in interest rates expected.The dollar hovered near a two-decade peak versus ...
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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.