The Mexican central bank is expected to keep a prudent monetary policy stance amid adverse scenarios in US-Mexican ties, which could increase risks for economic growth and the Peso.
The US and Israel announced that the countries quitted the U.N.'s cultural agency UNESCO after Washington accused it of anti-Israel bias.
The US President Donald Trump signed executive order aimed at allowing small businesses to band together across state lines to purchase cheaper, less regulated health plans for their staff with fewer benefits.
The White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said that the Trump administration believed that the threat posed by the North Korean nuclear weapons capability was currently manageable.
The St. Louis Fed President James Bullard warned that the Fed risked losing credibility and possibly triggering a recession if it continues monetary policy normalisation without firm evidence that the pace of prices increases strengthens.
The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that a soft Brexit featuring trade deals would be the best option to minimise damage to Britain and the EU.
Sources close to the matter reported on Thursday that General Motors would cut production at its plant in Detroit and lay off 1.5K workers.
The Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg stated on Thursday that the company "absolutely" supported the public release of the 3,000 Russia-linked ads that ran during the 2016 US Election.
The ECB President Mario Draghi reported on Thursday that interest rates would remain at their record lows „well past" the end of the QE.
The EIA reported on Thursday that crude oil inventories dropped 2.7M barrels last week, following the preceding week's fall of 6.0M barrels and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 1.9M-barrel decline.
The US Labour Department reported that its Producer Price Index surged 0.4% in September, up from the prior month's rise of 0.2% and in line with analysts' forecasts.
Statistics Canada reported on Thursday that its National House Price Index rose 0.1% in August, following July's gain of 0.4% and falling behind analysts' expectations for a 0.3% increase.
On Thursday, Lufthansa signed a $249M deal to acquire large parts of the insolvent Air Berlin, saying it was planning to quickly expand the Eurowings budget business.
Amazon is planning to hire 120K workers for the holiday season in the United States as the company is preparing for the shopping frenzy during the festive period.
On Thursday, the Irish Court granted Apple its permission to build a $1B data centre in Ireland, following a two-year planning postponement that could put its reputation with investors in jeopardy.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits fell 15K to 243K in the week ending October 7, compared to the prior month's downwardly revised reading of 258K.
At least 46 people were killed and 33 missing in a devastating disaster as landslides and floods hit central Vietnam, forcing the government to evacuate the citizens.
Sky's chairman James Murdoch will stay at his current position as the company's shareholders supported his re-election on Thursday.
Cairo extended its state of emergency for three more months, starting October 13, following two church bombings in April that left 45 people dead, the official media reported on Thursday.
On Thursday, HSBC picked up the head of its wealth and retail management business John Flint as the bank's next Chief Executive to replace the outgoing CEO Stuart Gulliver.
Industrial production in the Euro zone grew 1.4% month-on-month in August – a reading well above the forecast of 0.6%, Eurostat reported on Thursday.
Almost 75% of small companies in the UK have not changed their plans in the wake of the Brexit vote last year; however, they do expect an increase in raw material costs and lower revenue.
On Thursday, Deutsche Telekom presented its first super high-speed 5G mobile antennas, saying it was ready to be launched globally by 2020.
Turkey's authorities ordered detention of 25 soldiers across the country amid a widening crackdown after the 2016 failed military coup attempt.