The U.S. dollar continued to exhibit strength against most of its peers on Wednesday, extending recent upswing, on the back of fairly upbeat economic data and on reports that some breakthroughs have been made in the development of treatments for the coronavirus.Data from private payroll processor ADP showed much stronger than expected private sector job growth in the month of January.ADP said priv...
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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.