Confirming the downward trend, Eurozone inflation eased sharply to a 15-month low in May and core inflation slowed for the second month, but the European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said more monetary policy tightening is needed. Inflation eased to 6.1 percent in May from 7.0 percent in April, flash data from Eurostat showed on Thursday. The rate was forecast to slow to 6.3 percent. T...
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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.