(why-oh-why higher-for-longer?) #euroarea consumer #confidence is still low and well below its long-term average, weighing on spending even as real disposable incomes grow, chart Philip R. Lane @ECB ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date…

In #NYC for our annual #EuroChallenge competition, where 🇺🇸 high school students present their answers to challenges within the #EuroArea . Since 2006, over 7000 kids have participated. This year, we welcomed 25 teams & 175 students. Congratulations to winners Okemos High School!

Breaking: Euro Area Core Inflation Rate YoY better than expected, falls to 2.7%.
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Breaking: Euro Area HCOB Manufacturing PMI better than expected, falls to 45.7.
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Today we celebrate 20 years since the biggest EU enlargement which brought east and west back together. 7 out of these 10 countries are already #euroarea members. Being part of the EU family has brought stability & prosperity.

Breaking: Euro Area Unemployment Rate as expected, 6.5%.
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Breaking: Euro Area CPI as expected, rises to 126.1.
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Breaking: Euro Area Inflation Rate YoY as expected, 2.4%.
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*Germany's April Manufacturing PMI: 42.5 (Preliminary: 42.2)
*Euro-Area's April Manufacturing PMI: 45.7 (Preliminary: 45.6)

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Breaking: Euro Area Economic sentiment worse than expected, falls to 95.6.
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Breaking: Euro Area GDP Growth Rate QoQ better than expected, rises to 0.3%.
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Breaking: Euro Area GDP Growth Rate YoY better than expected, rises to 0.4%.
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Breaking: Euro Area Inflation Rate MoM as expected, falls to 0.6%.
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Danske Bank 1/2: Focus today is on German and Spanish inflation data for April that will give important indications of where the #euroarea print tomorrow is heading.
... The rest of the week focus will be especially on the #euroarea inflation print and Q1 GDP figures (Tuesday),

Danske Bank 2/2: #FOMC rate decision and Treasury Quarterly Refunding Statement (Wednesday), preliminary productivity figures for the US (Thursday), and last, but not least the US #jobs report, #euroarea #unemployment figures for March, and #NorgesBank rate decision (Friday).