The French stock market is down marginally a little past noon on Monday, after having opened on a firm note amid renewed hopes of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve in December, and optimism surrounding Ukraine peace talks.Technology stocks are in demand with investors reacting to reports that US officials are likely to allow Nvidia to sell its H200 AI chips to China.The benchmark CAC 40,...
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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.