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• Empire State manufacturing gauge hits four-ye...

  Friday 15 May 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Manufacturing activity across New York State grew at its highest rate in more than four years in May, according to data from the region's Federal Reserve on Friday, with new orders and shipments surging over th ... Read More

• US retail sales rise 0.5pc in April amid clim...

  Thursday 14 May 2026

  (Sharecast News) - US retail sales rose 0.5% month‑on‑month in April, according to the Census Bureau, matching expectations but easing from a downwardly revised 1.6% increase in March. Sales jumped 2.8% at gasoline st ... Read More

• BoJ board member calls for immediate rate hike

  Thursday 14 May 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Bank of Japan board member Kazuyuki Masu has called for an interest-rate hike to get ahead of an impending surge in inflationary pressures, so long as the economy remains resilient. In a speech on Thursday, Mas ... Read More

• US initial jobless claims ahead of expectatio...

  Thursday 14 May 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Americans lined up for unemployment benefits at an accelerated pace in the week ended 9 May, according to the Labor Department, with initial claims jumping by 12,000 to 211,000 - above market expectations of 20 ... Read More