After a weak start, German stocks recovered and moved into positive territory on Thursday as investors reacted to a slew of earnings updates and regional economic data and looked ahead to the monetary policy announcement from the European Central Bank.
The Federal Reserve left its interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, and there is still no meaningful progress as yet on the U.S.-Iran peace talks front.
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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.