Australia's retail sales recovered in March after a lacklustre start to the year, reflecting strong consumer confidence and improving job market conditions.
Canada's exports fell sharply in March and the country's trade deficit with the rest of the world widened to a record level, fuelling doubts on the strength of the recovery in the resource-reliant economy.
The UK's construction output rose at the slowest pace in nearly three years in April, suggesting the economy was losing steam before June's referendum on whether to leave the European Union.
American private employers added the fewest workers in three years in April, considerably below economists' expectations, with signs of weak hiring activity across most sectors.
Economic growth in the Euro zone is likely to be steady but slow in the second quarter, underlying European Commission concerns that the currency area's recovery remains fragile and vulnerable to setbacks.
New Zealand's first quarter employment data showed unemployment rose as the participation and employment rate also increased.
The UK manufacturing sector encountered a surprise contraction in April that reflected in the PMI, as it entered negative territory for the first time in 4 years, plummeting under the 50 point mark to show 49.2 points.
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said that the UK's referendum on whether to leave the EU could "loom large" as the Fed weigh whether to hike interest rates at its next policy meeting.
Activity in China's manufacturing sector unexpectedly dropped further in April, fuelling doubts about whether Beijing's stimulus measures can sustain growth in the world's second-largest economy.
The Reserve Bank of Australia surprised economists by slashing interest rates to a new historic low in a bid to reignite inflationary pressures.
The US manufacturing sector expanded at a more moderate pace in April, partly due to a slowdown in new orders, but an increase in export orders to the highest level in more than a year offered hope for the sector.
ECB President Mario Draghi responded to critics from German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble that negative interest rates hurt savers and weighing on the banking sector.
Activity in China's manufacturing sector increased for the second month in a row in April, but only marginally, fuelling doubts about the sustainability of a recent pick-up in the world's second-largest economy.
Canada's economy contracted for the first time in five months in February, as the manufacturing, mining and energy sectors all shrank.
The Fed's favourite inflation barometer slowed in March, falling from one-and-a-half-year peak, while consumer spending ebbed.
The Euro zone posted mixed fundamentals with the economy growing strongly and unemployment falling slightly while consumer prices dropped yet again into deflation territory.
The Fed opted not to hike interest rates and remained ambiguous about raising rates in June amid moribund economy and weakening consumer spending.