The President of South Korea Moon Jae-in is anticipated to nominate the central bank's new chief next on Monday next week.
Official data released on Friday showed that the Japanese unemployment rate dropped to 2.4% in January, whereas analysts expected it to remain unchanged at 2.8%.
Official data released on Friday showed that the Japanese unemployment rate dropped to 2.8% in January, whereas analysts expected it to remain unchanged at 2.8%.
The Statistics Bureau reported that its core CPI for Tokyo rose 0.9% year-on-year in February, following the prior month's increase of 0.7% and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 0.8% climb.
Procter & Gamble stated that the company cut digital ad spending by $200M in 2017, as reports showed that its advertisements ailed to reach the target audience effectively.
Chemical business DowDuPont stated that it anticipated the company's agriculture division to post record sales of $4.5B amid recent and further product launches.
Exxon Mobil is set to quit some of its joint ventures with Russia's company Rosneft, citing 2014 Western sanctions.
The US President Donald Trump made an announcement that he would impose a 25% tariff on imported steel and 10% on aluminium to protect the country's industry.
The US and EU competition regulators approved the €48B merger with Italia's eyewear producer Luxottica and France's lens maker Essilor, sending companies' shares higher.
The Chief Executive Officer of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg sold $500M in shares of the company in February to finance his Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
The EU Brexit negotiator stated that London's stance on the city's future relations with the bloc left the only option of the free trade agreement.
The Institute of Supply Management stated that its Manufacturing PMI increased to 60.8 last month, following 59.1 in January.
The Commerce Department stated that the US consumer inflation measured by the PCE Price Index increased 0.4% In January, the strongest monthly gain since September 2017.
Brazil's GDP grew at a weaker-than-expected pace in the Q4 amid fluctuations in exports of agricultural products, the report showed on Tuesday.
The Euro zone's manufacturing growth weakened a little further in February, but remained strong, as most manufacturers across the bloc kept solid expansion pace.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin stated that a shrinking labour force in the country is likely to limit its economic expansion in the following years.
The world's biggest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is expecting the strong 2018 growth, after a rebound in Brazil had led to the high earnings at the last year's end.
On Thursday, Equifax reported that it had found another 2.4M of the US consumers hit by a data breach in 2017, bringing the total number to 147.9M.
On Thursday, Kohl's reported its same-store sales surged 6.3% in the Q4 ended January 27, slightly beating the forecasts for a 6.1% rise.
The US Department of Labour reported that unemployment claims were down 10K, reaching the 210K mark in the week ended February 24, following the prior month's downwardly revised 220K drop.
On Thursday, Finnish PM Juha Sipila stated that he could dissolve the centre-right coalition government in case it failed with its plan on the local government and healthcare reform within the next months.
The European Council called on Greece to step up its efforts to bar the judges and lawmakers from corruption and improve the party financing transparency.
Eurostat reported on Thursday that unemployment rate in the Euro zone remained unchanged at 8.6% in January, fully meeting analysts' expectations.
German authorities on Thursday announced that the German government isn't against a possible French candidate for the replacement of Airbus chief in 2019.