Mercury partners with Palantir (PLTR.N) to enhance factory automation and accelerate production cycles.

The ECB said euro-area household consumption plunged in the initial weeks after the outbreak of the Iran war as consumer confidence collapsed, and warned a renewed escalation could again curb spending. In its economic bulletin the central bank said April consumption fell to roughly 2.5% YoY — about half the pace seen since mid-2024 when nominal consumption averaged 3–4% — and that the April drop was roughly twice the decline implied by historical-trend forecasts and comparable to the hit after the Russia‑Ukraine outbreak in early 2022. The slowdown was driven by higher-income households cutting discretionary spending; the ECB said this pattern points to households postponing purchases rather than being income-constrained.

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