European stocks may struggle for direction on Wednesday as investors react to mixed comments from Federal Reserve officials on how the central bank should view its policy path.
Ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting next month, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee called for "prudence and patience" in the face of recent banking stress.
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May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.