The Bank of Japan expressed its view that market trust in their structural reforms is vital in order to maintain the effects of central bank's monetary policy measures.
In August British government was blamed for creating housing bubble after a series of reports on Britain's housing market that showed it represents almost 60% of country's net non-financial wealth.
While U.S. President Barack Obama is sceptically exploring a diplomatic plan from Russia to force Syria to place its chemical weapons under international scrutiny and control, thus increasing chances of putting off military strike, the latest economic data appeared to be quit discouraging.
Italy, Europe's third largest economy, is still the only member of the G7 world-leading economy that is expected to contract in 2013.
After a stronger-than-expected growth figure last week, Swiss statistical office posted mixed data on Monday, with jobless rate remaining on hold, while retail sales unexpectedly dropped.
The world's third largest economy expanded at a significantly faster pace in the second quarter than it was projected earlier, adding to hopes of an economic recovery and increasing chances Shinzo Abe will press ahead with a contentious sales tax hike.
During the speech in East London Britain's Chancellor George Osborne claimed the economy has turned the corner and vindicated the government's pledge to pushing ahead with austerity measures.
The latest good news from the labour market may be bad news for the Fed's Chairman, as U.S. officials are considering when to begin the widely-discussed tapering of its stimulus programme.
Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras tried to spread a message of optimism among the market participants during the International Fair by pledging there will be no new austerity measures and that the economy is likely to exit the recession in the next year.
While Canada is suffering from the so-called "slowest export recovery since World War II", which has been a major drag on the economy so far, mood among Canadian businesses improved, while labour market is showing signs of stabilisation, suggesting the economy can gain momentum in the nearest future.
Consumer prices in the Alpine country stagnated in August, as they did in the previous month, indicating weak domestic demand, while a separate report showed the SNB foreign-currency reserves were little changed last month.
A slew of mixed economic data from the U.K. was published on Friday, with activity at manufacturing sector expanded, albeit less than expected, trade deficit rose to the largest since October, while home prices advanced for the seventh straight month in August.
A fresh data from the U.S. labour market was unveiled on Friday, reflecting improvement in the economy, while businesses are being deliberate in their hiring as they are waiting for a pickup in demand.
Europe's powerhouse, Germany, may not be performing as well as it can be expected as exports and industrial production fell surprisingly.
September's first week was dominant by policy meetings across the world. Even though there were no any shifts in monetary policies, markets were highly volatile amid growing tensions in Syria and speculations of a possible tapering of Fed's stimulus programme later this month.
Australian trade balance shifted back into the red in the middle of summer, as exports were flat, while imports soared.
Japanese policymakers declared the economy is recovering, as the Bank of Japan stayed pat on its monetary stimulus, offering a more optimistic assessment of the world's third largest economy.
Britain's central bank kept its flagship policies unchanged on Thursday, as the policymakers need more time to gauge the impact of forward guidance, introduced by Mark Carney in August.
Ahead of the key Federal Reserve's meeting, where Bernanke is expected to decide whether to start tapering of its quantitative easing or continue stimulating the world's largest economy, several reports from the U.S. labour market are suggesting the market continues to notch slows, but steady gains.
Policymakers in Frankfurt decided to refrain from any additional stimulus measure, at a time when the Eurozone countries seem to have finally shown some signs of stabilization, leading to the revision of the economic outlook.
During the last two decades Australian economy has shown a stable growth and avoided falling into recession, fed by a boom from mining sector, and now due to waning output from mining sector and slowdown in the Chinese economy, this rally could be coming to a close.
As it was widely expected Canadian policymakers stayed pat on the monetary policy, as trade gap widened, supporting a view current policy is appropriate as an expected rotation of demand to exports and investment has not yet come.
A rush of new companies in August drove the fastest growth in the U.K. services sector for more than six years, survey from Markit showed Wednesday, challenging official cautious estimates.
The difference in the number of exported and imported goods and services widened in July from an almost four-year low, due to soaring imports prices and falling exports.