The world's third largest economy is expected to return to growth this year and expand by 1.2%, helped by bold measures introduced by Haruhiko Kuroda and Shinzo Abe, the Asian Development Bank forecasts in a report released Tuesday.
Britain's economy will escape from falling into a triple-dip recession, helped by strong manufacturing data for February, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said Wednesday.
Latest minutes from the Fed meeting showed that some members of the Federal Open Market Committee suggest the central bank should begin tapering its bond buying programme later this year and stop it already by the end of 2013.
The industrial production in France, Europe's second largest economy, bounced back in February, as production from car and aircraft factories improved.
Consumer prices in Switzerland were weaker than previously was expected in March, underlining the Swiss National Bank's view that it needs to maintain the cap it has imposed on the strong Franc.
Japan's machine tool orders dropped significantly last month.
Britain's manufacturing output rose twice as much as economists expected in February, as it rebounded from a slump.
Small-business owners' confidence fell unexpectedly, the report by the National Federation of Independent Business showed Tuesday.
Spain is widely expected to miss its public deficit target this year, leaving its sovereign rating at risk of slipping below investment grade, credit agency Moody's said on Tuesday.
Swiss industrial output fell significantly during the last three months of 2012, as investors' confidence was hit by the continuous economic slump in the Eurozone, the Swiss Statistics Office said Monday.
As the Bank of Japan introduced the world's biggest stimulus programme last week, the Federal Reserve is now expected to focus on signals of whether to end its quantitative easing or not.
The Bank of Japan, led by the newly-appointed Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, on Monday started its massive stimulus programme by buying 1.2 trillion yen worth of long-term government bonds in order to revive growth in the world's third largest economy.
Hopes that the U.K. can avoid from falling into a triple-dip recession were boosted on Tuesday, as house sales reached the highest level in three years, while retail sales picked up despite unseasonably cold weather.
The industrial output in Europe's largest economy improved moderately in February, raising hopes that German economy is stabilizing after a contraction in the fourth quarter.
Canada's economy, which returned to growth in the first month of 2013, posted mixed data on Friday, a sign the recovery may not be sustainable.
Japan posted its first current account surplus in four month in February, reflecting an improving outlook for an economic recovery in the world's third largest economy due to a depreciating Yen and unorthodox monetary-policy measures implemented by the BoJ.
Home prices in the U.K. advanced last month, and are likely to continue rising in the rest of the year, according to Halifax.
The overall unemployment rate in the world's largest economy reached a four-year low, due to a slump in the size of the labour force, while employers hired fewer workers than forecast in March, indicating the U.S. job market is struggling to make bigger strides.
The amount of money spent at retail outlets in the 17-nation economy slipped back in February, indicating weak domestic demand and adding to concerns that the currency bloc's recession extended into the first quarter.
The amount of money spent at Australian retail outlets surged four times faster than initially was expected, due to gains in household goods and department stores, as interest-rate reductions encouraged spending and consumers' confidence.
The Bank of Japan led by the newly-appointed Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, unleashed the world's most intense burst of monetary stimulus on Thursday, pledging to inject about $1.4 trillion into the struggling economy in less than two years, in order to revive growth.
During its monthly policy meeting, the Bank of England decided to keep its stimulus programme on hold, even despite a new remit that gives it extra leeway to disregard above-target inflation.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid unexpectedly jumped to a four-month high last week, suggesting some problems faced by the labour market, although the increase partly reflects seasonal distortions around the spring holidays.
The European Central Bank signalled that an interest-rate cut was rising up the bank's agenda on Thursday, if the economy deteriorates further, while officials are considering additional measures to boost growth in the region, as the debt crisis enters its fourth year.