European assets are rising as investors watch US economic data. Manufacturing and jobs numbers will be scrutinized for indications that the Federal Reserve's campaign to combat inflation is producing results. European shares continued to climb on Wednesday, while bonds across the region rose in the wake of investors getting over the problems of some of the nation's largest firms to concentrate on the latest indicators of a slowing in inflation. In the region, Stoxx Europe 600 added 1 percent in trading early which brought the gains to 3 percent, and London's FTSE 100 climbing 0.3 percent as well as France's…