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Europe Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Headline inflation rose 3.8% and futures fell as traders priced higher odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike before Jerome Powell’s exit.
Summary
Tuesday was the day Europe’s calendar overtook the bloc’s news flow. Pressure on the three biggest national leaders — Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Keir Starmer in London — converged on a single political fact: all three hold approval ratings around 20% or below as the Iran war energy shock drags Q2 growth and […] The post Europe Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, May 12, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.