European stocks are seen opening broadly lower on Monday amid lingering worries about how high the Federal Reserve might raise rates to get inflation down to its 2 percent target.
The dollar gained along with a rise in U.S. Treasury yields, as investors looked ahead to the release of U.S. inflation, retail sales and industrial production data due this week for additional clues on the rate outlook.
For comments and feedback contact: editorial@rttnews.com
Business News
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.