Quarterly national accounts and foreign trade reports from the UK are the top economic news due on Thursday.At 1.00 am ET, current account figures are due from Finland. At 2.00 am ET, the Office for National Statistics releases UK GDP data for the fourth quarter. The economy is forecast to grow 0.2 percent after rising 0.1 percent a quarter ago. Also, industrial production and foreign trade figure...
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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.