Factory orders and final composite Purchasing Managers' survey results from Germany are due on Friday, headlining a busy day for the European economic news. At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is scheduled to issue Germany's factory orders data for September. Economists forecast orders to fall 0.5 percent on month, slower than the 2.4 percent decline in August. At 3.45 am ET, France's Insee is slated to relea...
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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.