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.