Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Monday as focus shifted to central bank meetings and U.S. corporate earnings. Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta Platforms all are slated to report their earnings this week.Gold prices were subdued for a second consecutive session and the dollar held steady as investors braced for the Fed, BoE and ECB policy meetings due over the next two weeks.Oil prices fell ...
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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.