Retail sales' volume in Canada plunged considerably in July of this year after posting strong data a month before.
According to data from British Bankers' Association, mortgage approvals in the United Kingdom dropped to the lowest level in one year in August, reaching 41,600 versus 42,800 a month ago.
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Narayana Kocherlakota noticed on Tuesday that the Federal Reserve should improve its communication with nation and business.
Manufacturing activity in the single currency area registered only minor changes in September, as the benchmark purchasing managers' index for this particular sector decreased from 50.5 in August to 50.4 points this month.
Growth in the manufacturing sector of China is likely to increase in the nearest future, keeping country's economy away from uplifted volatility and downturns on the global market.
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, speaking in Toronto on Monday, said that the regulator will most likely keep maintaining interest rates at low level for a prolonged period of time, even when economy returns to sustainable growth.
Existing home sales in the United States decreased for the first time in last five months, falling by 1.8% in August on a monthly basis to reach 5.05 million.
President of the Bundesbank Jens Weidmann expressed concern about effectivity of the European Central Bank's new support measures, undertaken earlier during the previous week.
This weekend the finance leaders, including finance ministers and central bank governors of world's largest economies held their regular and planned meeting in Caims, Australia in order to discuss the most recent developments in global economy, just before the annual meeting of leaders of the countries is going to take place in November in the city of Brisbane.
On Saturday, the general election took place in New Zealand.
Annual core consumer price index in Canada increased from July's 1.7% to 2.1% in August, reaching the highest number in more than two years, as prices of new automobiles and telephone services jumped considerably.
During the Thursday independence referendum in Scotland, voters strongly rejected the proposals of Scottish National Party and decided to stay as a part of the United Kingdom.
Economic growth in Ireland jumped to 7.7% in the second quarter of this year on the annual basis, while quarter-on-quarter it added as much as 1.5%.
Meeting minutes from the Bank of England and subsequent FOMC meeting confirmed the cautious approach of policymakers to any major changes in the monetary policy, while labor market is getting healthier and less people apply for unemployment benefits in largest economies of the world on rising consumer confidence.
Opposite to Swiss international trade data, Japanese statistics posted an improvement in August of this year, as negative balance decreased to 948.5 billion yen from 1.02 trillion yen a month before.
Trade balance in Switzerland registered a decline in August for the first time since May, as deliveries to country's largest economic partners dropped.
Retail sales in the United Kingdom advanced in line with the majority of forecasts by 0.4% in August.
Labour market in the United States is showing more signs of improvement, as claims for unemployment benefits in the country dropped to 280,000 for the week ended September 12, the lowest level in two months.
The European Central Bank has held the first round of the Targeted Long-term Operations program, which is aimed to lend extremely cheap money to Eurozone's banks.
Current account balance of New Zealand swung into the red territory in the second quarter of this year, being that exports of dairy products and other commodities declined.
Economic confidence in Switzerland declined considerably in September, falling into the negative territory for the first time since the beginning of this year.
Following the unexpected split in votes from MPC members in August, they decided to keep their opinions unchanged this month.
Consumer price index in the United States declined surprisingly to 1.7% on the annual basis in August, while month-on-month prices were down 0.2%.
Inflation level in the Euro area was revised to the upside by the Eurostat.