May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.
May 14, 2026 04:29 ETSlovakia's consumer price inflation accelerated for the first time in three months in April amid higher fuel prices. Consumer prices rose 3.9 percent annually in April, faster than the 3.5 percent increase in March. The upward trend in inflation was due to higher housing and energy prices and the sharpest rise in motor fuel prices in almost three-and-a-half years.
May 14, 2026 05:39 ETOil prices traded higher on Thursday after the International Energy Agency warned that global oil inventories are falling at a record pace and will continue to drop for months as a result of disruption to Middle East supplies. Investors also await the outcome of U.S. President Donald Trump's summit...
May 13, 2026 10:45 ETCryptocurrencies are trading on a broadly negative note on Wednesday morning as markets react to the hotter-than-expected levels of producer price inflation in the U.S.