Asian stocks rose broadly on Monday amid renewed bets the U.S. Federal Reserve may slow the pace of interest-rate increases at its December meeting. With U.S. inflation largely untamed at around a 40-year high, investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday and U.S. jobs data due on Friday for additional clues on the economic and rate outlook. Chinese and Hong Kong ...
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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.