A recovery in the euro area industrial production due to higher demand as supply constraints continued to ease along with a fall in commodity prices, and a narrowing in the trade deficit on the back of strong export growth add to signs that the single currency bloc is set for a shallow recession.
Elsewhere in the region, Germany reported the gross domestic product figures for 2022, which showed that growth slowed less than expected in the biggest economy in Eurozone.
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June 19, 2026 16:46 ET Major central banks continued to dominate the economic news flow this week too, led by the Federal Reserve, as they announced their latest policy decisions. The Federal Reserve policy session was in focus as it was the first to be led by the new chief Kevin Warsh. In Europe, central banks of the U.K. and Switzerland announced their rate decisions. In Asia, the Bank of Japan drew attention for its policy moves, while data out of China threw some light on the state of the economy.