The US services sector, which accounts for more than 79% of the nation's private-sector GDP, expanded at a slower pace in September than expected, as new orders and business activity faltered, indicating that the sector might not be immune to turmoil abroad.
Activity in the services sector of the Euro area's economy kept the healthy pace of expansion, the final readings from the Markit survey revealed.
After a decline in July, Australian retail sales jumped up again, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Friday.
Performance in the UK construction sector improved further in September, as job creation advanced to a three-month high and residential building surged the most in twelve month.
The US economy posted another month of weak job growth in September, raising new doubts the economy may not be strong enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by the end of this year.
The number of registered unemployed in Spain advanced again in September, following the first rise in seven months in August.
Activity in China's all-important manufacturing sector continued to shrink during September, but at a slightly softer pace, as was revealed by two separate industry reports.
Swiss manufacturing activity decreased in September, just after its recent recovery in August, while retail sales in the Alpine economy dropped unexpectedly in August.
The British seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers' Index, which is set to measure business activity in the country's manufacturing sector, dropped slightly to a three-month low of 51.5 at the end of the third quarter.
The number of Americans who applied for the US unemployment benefits rose by 10K to 277K in the week ended September 26, but initial claims remain extremely low in a sign of steady improvement of the labour market.
Manufacturing in the 19-nation Euro zone continued to be in expansion territory in September, but growth slowed from previous months, adding to worries about the ability of the sector to generate more jobs and higher inflation.
Switzerland's leading economic barometer from Zurich-based KOF showed a minor drop in September, official data revealed on Wednesday.
Economic growth in the UK stayed solid in the second quarter of 2015, despite a slight downward revision in the annual GDP.
American companies increased the pace of job creation in September, according to the data released by the ADP Research Institute on Wednesday.
The 19-nation Euro area's unemployment rate was 11.0% in August 2015, unchanged from July's reading.
Industrial product prices in Canada reversed gains from last month in August, while raw material prices declined for the second month in a row, dropping the most since January.
Lending to British households rose in August to its highest monthly total in more than seven years, as an improving economy and low interest rates fuelled demand.
The Eurozone's economic confidence showed some improvements in September, as demonstrated by survey data from the European Commission.
Chinese industrial companies' reported profits fell the most in at least four years in August as the pillars of China's infrastructure-led growth model suffered from rising costs and persistent falling prices.
According to the fresh survey published by the London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), the Bank of England is most likely going to keep the monetary policy unchanged for a longer period of time than it is currently anticipated.
Household spending in the US rose at a healthy rate in August, while personal growth slowed after a jump in July.
Beginning of the week in the EU brought us almost empty economic data session, as the only news were coming from Apennine and Iberian peninsulas.
The growth of the US economy in the second quarter of this year was notably quicker than markets had previously anticipated, the second upward revision in a row showed on Friday.
The Euro area's money supply growth eased more than expected in August, while the annual increase in private loans improved.