According to the Chinese government official, China's automobile sector would likely maintain stable revenues and profits in 2020.
Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, stated on Saturday that he would like the Japanese Central Bank to continue the ultra-easy money policy.
According to the US Commerce Department, the country's trade deficit reached a 12-year high in July totaling $63.6B.
According to the Bank of Korea (BOK), the country's current account surplus in July reached a 9-month high.
By the end of the European trading session, the French benchmark Paris CAC 40 dropped 44.45 points or 0.89%.
Tesla shares plunged 7% in Friday's extended trade after the electric vehicle maker had been excluded from the S&P 500's companies group, Reuters reported on Saturday.
IKEA's shopping centres arm has acquired San Francisco's 6X6 shopping mall in its first US real estate acquisition, it announced on Saturday, not providing any further financial details of the deal.
Goldman Sachs has been hired to join the leading investment lenders for the planned initial public offering of the Chinese financial technology company Ant Group worth around $30B, according to Reuters.
On Saturday, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stated that the domestic media group Mediaset could join the government's single broadband network with a further revision of the telecoms ownership.
Berkshire Hathaway reduced its Wells Fargo stake to 3.3% from what had been a $32B investment in the lender.
According to the services company Baker Hughes, the number of drilling rigs in the US increased from 254 to 256 this week.
The WTO Deputy Director-General Yi Xiaozhun highlighted on Friday that China was the key driving force of the global economy in recent years.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1.4M new jobs were created in August thus lowering the country's unemployment rate to 8.4%.
According to the Anfavea, the number of cars produced in Brazil in August increased 23.6% compared with July, thus showing signs of a gradual after-pandemic recovery.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has inspected one of the two Iran's nuclear sites, the agency announced on Friday.
According to a source with knowledge of the matter, Tesla's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk met with Herbert Diess, Volkswagen's CEO, during a visit to Germany.
On Friday, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader, urged the United Nations to send an international monitoring mission to Belarus.
On Friday, the European Union regulators have approved 199.45M euro ($235.23M) in state grant to assist Italy's carrier Alitalia.
On Friday, Amazon.com announced that it would create around 10k jobs in the coming years in Washington and Bellevue.
On Friday, Virgin Atlantic completed its $1.6 billion restructuring plan and shed 1,150 jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis.
On Friday, the US Vice President Mike Pence stated that the White House has reached an agreement with the US Congress to fund the US government until the end of September.
The economy of Morocco is expected to shrink by 2% in 2020, a statement published by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shows.
Moody's Investors Service revised India's economic growth forecast to 0% for the fiscal year 2021, data published by the company show.
The Cyprus economy is expected to contract 6.9% in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, a statement published by the Research Center of the University of Cyprus shows.