Canada's retail sales surged to a record in May with gains across most categories led by new automobile dealerships.
UK retail sales saw an unexpected decline in June amid decrease in sales of food, other household goods, and other goods.
The number of Americans filling new applications for jobless benefits in the week ended July 18 to the lowest level in 42 years, indicating the US labour market kept a solid pace of employment growth in July.
Athens took another crucial step towards a bailout after parliament approved a second set of reforms that was demanded by Greece's creditors.
Trade deficit of the world's third biggest economy narrowed sharply in June as exports rose, while energy import bill continues to decline.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates for the second time in six weeks and hinted further easing will likely be needed to underpin inflation as growth slows.
Bank of England policy makers voted unanimously in July to hold the central bank's key interest rate unchanged. Yet, their unanimity masks increasingly lively discussions over the timing of interest rate hike.
US home resales surged to the highest level in more than eight years in June, while the median sales price hit an all-time high, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Standard & Poor's upgraded Greece's sovereign credit rating to CCC+ from CCC– and revised the country's outlook from negative to stable.
Swiss trade surplus rose unexpectedly in June, the Federal Statistics Office reported.
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens said an interest-rate cut remains "on the table," while adding that the depreciation of the Aussie Dollar is having an expansionary effect on the nation's economy.
UK public sector borrowing declined in June, as income and corporation tax receipts soared to record levels.
Moody's Analytics warned that the European Central Bank's QE worth 60 billion euros a month might be fuelling housing bubble in the UK, Germany and Norway.
The Reserve Bank of Australia said growth likely slowed in the second quarter, while the Australian Dollar continues to offer little assistance.
Canada's wholesale trade fell in May led by a decrease in motor vehicle sales, according to Statistics Canada. Sales decreased by 1.0% to C$54.5 billion, exceeding economists' expectations for a flat reading, and marking the biggest decline in four months.
The Bank of England is predicted to start tightening its monetary policy as late as in the three months through September of 2016, according to EY ITEM Club's latest forecast for the UK economy.
Greece reopened its banks, cleared overdue debt repayments of 2.05 billion euros to the IMF and initiated payment of 4.2 billion euros in principal and interest to the ECB after Athens received emergency funding assistance from European authorities.
Canada's annual inflation accelerated in June as food and shelter costs rose, while energy provided less of a drag.
US housing starts recovered strongly in June, while building permits surged to near the highest level in eight years, adding to signs of a rapidly strengthening housing market.
European leaders unanimously reached a third bailout deal for Greece, worth up to 86 billion euros, while the ECB raised its emergency-lending ceiling to Greek banks by 900 million euros, putting the total amount of ELA at nearly 90 billion euros.
While New Zealand's inflation rose slightly in the three months ending June 30, it remained well below the RBNZ's target range of 1% to 3%, putting greater pressure on the central bank to proceed with the easing cycle it initiated last month.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney hinted that UK interest rates could rise "at the turn of the year", adding that any lift in borrowing costs would be gradual and would not reach the pre-crisis level.
The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits declined in the week ended July 11, coming in slightly better than expected.
The European Central Bank kept its interest rates unchanged for already the eighth consecutive meeting.