The world's number one economy grew faster in the third quarter than originally estimated.
Private capital expenditure in Australia dropped sharply in the third quarter, driven by renewed weakness in mining investment.
Japan's consumer price inflation eased for the third month in a row, while household spending also dropped, putting greater pressure on the Bank of Japan to boost inflation expectations, while the world's third biggest economy is in recession.
Spain's economy slowed in the third quarter, but remained on track to enjoy the strongest growth since 2007.
New Zealand's merchandise trade shortfall widened slightly last month from a year earlier, as a precipitous decline in value of overseas shipments of milk powder affected exports.
Delivering the Autumn Statement and Spending Review, Chancellor George Osborne said the British economy is expected to expand by 2.4% this year.
Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose in October following two months of weakness, while a key category that tracks business investment plans surged the most in three months.
While the European economy has been struggling to solve the refugee crisis, a number of economists expect that inflow of around 800,000 people into Germany will boost the Euro zone's biggest economy.
Minutes of the latest Bank of Japan meeting showed that officials reiterated the view that the world's third biggest economy continued to recover moderately, despite exports and production remaining more or less flat due to the effects of the slowdown in emerging markets.
Construction activity in Australia dropped at the fastest pace in almost four years last quarter after increasing for the first time in more than a year in the second quarter.
Testifying before a treasury select committee, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney reiterated that the current, record-low interest rates in Britain are likely to continue "for some time", explicitly signalling that the central bank is in no hurry to raise rates.
The world's number one economy grew faster in the third quarter than originally estimated. Gross domestic product rose at a 2.1% annualized rate, compared with the initial reading of 1.5%, according to the Commerce Department.
German business morale improved in November, reaching the highest level since summer 2014. Ifo's business climate index rose to 109.0 from 108.2 in October, the strongest reading since June 2014.
Japan's manufacturing sector continued to improve in November, expanding at the fastest pace in 20 months in November, as output and new export orders rose.
Sales of existing homes in the US dropped last month from the second highest level since 2007 as a persistent shortage of properties limited momentum in residential real estate.
Business activity in the Euro zone rose at the fastest pace since mid-2011 in November and far faster than predicted, as a weak Euro and price cutting helped to increase the number of new orders.
Canada's retail sales unexpectedly dropped in October, driven by a decline in sales of gasoline and autos, raising further fears over the Canadian economy in the second half of the year.
William Dudley, the head of the New York Fed said that the US central bank should soon be ready to hike interest rates as central bankers grow increasingly confident that low inflation will rebound and the employment remains resilient.
The European Central Bank is prepared to act promptly to underpin stubbornly low inflation in the Euro zone, providing investors with the strongest hint yet that the central bank will initiate a new round of fresh stimulus measures at its December meeting.
Euro zoneThe European Central Bank considered expanding its stimulus programme to support Euro zone's struggling economy at its last policy meeting. Moreover, the ECB admitted that the risk increased that the central bank would again miss its inflation target. Even though the ECB's measures proved to be effective, the central bank receives little help from outside as government reform efforts
The value of Canadian wholesale trade unexpectedly declined in September, weighed by a decrease in motor vehicle and parts sales for the third consecutive month, according to Statistics Canada.
British retail sales declined below forecasts in October following a strong performance in the preceding month, the Office for National Statistics reported.
The number of initial jobless claims in the US continued to hover near the lowest level in four decades last week as the labour market improves to reach full employment.
The European Central Bank considered expanding its stimulus programme to support Euro zone's struggling economy at its last policy meeting.