The self-proclaimed leader of Venezuela, Juan Guaido stated on Saturday that he would return back to Caracas after a trip to Ecuador.
On Sunday, the Confederation of British Industry stated that Britain firms reported their weakest growth since April 2013 during the last three months, because of fears of no-deal Brexit.
On Sunday, Brexit supporters gave the UK Prime Minister Theresa May three tests for EU deal to ensure their support.
The US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US Dollar is too strong and it hurts the United State's competitiveness.
On Saturday, the US President Donald Trump said that North Korea has no economic future if it acquires nuclear weapons.
On Saturday, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey plans to cut the inflation rate by 6 or 7%. However, he did not clarify how to reach the goal.
The Chief Financial Officer of Germany's utility EnBW Thomas Kusterer said on Saturday that the company plans to expand further in solar power and energy trading.
The Qatari Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani started a two-day official trip to Tunisia, the Tunisian government says.
The unemployment rate in Japan increased to 2.5% in January from 2.4% in December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications says.
Exports from South Korea declined for a third consecutive month to $39.56B in February on weak demand for local semiconductors, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy reports.
The Indian economy expanded 6.6% in the last quarter of 2019, the slowest increase in a year, the Central Statistics Office reports.
Exports of palm oil and derived products from Indonesia increased to 3.25M tons in January, an increase of 4% from the prior month, the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association says.
South Sudan's telecom regulatory body increased local and international call rates by 40% following the depreciation of the South Sudanese pound.
Kenya issued $500M of long term debt at 12.2% on Friday as the country seeks funds to finance infrastructure projects, the Central Bank of Kenya reports.
Kenya plans to invest $26B in the housing sector by 2022 to provide affordable housing, the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development James Macharia says.
The Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the Senior Adviser to the US President Donald Trump Jared Kushner discussed Israel and Palestine relations and bilateral trade.
A team of experts from the International Monetary Fund will visit Ukraine to discuss economic developments and implementation of reforms, the IMF Resident Representative Goesta Ljungman reports.
Ukraine has raised $602M through Deutsche Bank under the guarantee of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry reports.
The Swiss economy grew 2.5% in 2018 as the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors showed strong performance, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs reports.
The European Investment Bank provided $2.15B for energy and urban investment projects across Greece in 2018, the EIB Vice President Andrew McDowell says.
Portugal deserves a huge credit for efforts in combating the economic crisis in the country, the Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde says.
The number of online shoppers in China reached 610M in December 2018, an increase of 14.4% from the prior year, the China Internet Network Information Center reports.
China and Nepal entered into a joint venture to construct a new advanced $140M cement plant in the central Nepal, China's Huaxin Cement reports.
Eleven companies have issued a combined $3.5B of Belt and Road bonds since a financing channel has been introduced in 2018, the China Securities Regulatory Commission says.