S&P Global on Thursday announced that the global sovereign debt will increase to $50 trillion by the end of this year.
On Thursday, a Reuters source revealed that the Chinese central bank sees the bank's benchmark interest rate cut as a last resort to stimulate the economy. Other tools are expected to be used for stimulus.
Danske Bank said on Thursday that it got a request from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission over its involvements in the money laundering scandal.
On Thursday, the British Finance Minister Philip Hammond said that UK's lawmakers could vote on Brexit agreement next week.
On Thursday, European shares edged lower after data pointed that Eurozone factory output decline in January and worst-than-expected earnings reports.
On Thursday, Swedbank's shares declined by about 7%, as investors worried about the lingering money laundering scandal.
On Thursday, the British Finance Minister Philip Hammond said that UK's talk of warship deployment to the Pacific has complicated ties with China.
On Thursday, Dmitry Kletochkin, the personal attorney of Michael Calvey, said that the Russian prosecutors have formally charged the US investor with fraud.
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond stated on Thursday that the Parliament might vote on the altered Brexit deal already next week.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Saudi Aramco ready to sign preliminary investment deals regarding petrochemical and two oil refining complexes in China.
According to a report published by the La Repubblica newspaper, the current Italy's budget lacks of measures that could stimulate economic growth, thus making the country dangerous for the rest of the Euro Zone.
The Foreign Ministry of China Spokesman Geng Shuang stated on Thursday that the country's customs started checking coal imports for risks including impact on the environment.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee voted for the postponement of talks over Turkey's accession to the EU, which Ankara called "unacceptable".
On Wednesday, NASA's safety advisory panel presented an annual report where it listed four most important safety and design concerns addressed to Boeing Co and SpaceX.
Standard Chartered set aside $900M to cover fines resulting from regulators' investigations in the United States and Britain, sending the company's shares down 1%.
Brazil's conglomerate Odebrecht is set to ask bondholders to accept more than 70 % losses from their bonds' face value within a part of restructuring, two sources familiar with the matter stated.
Japan's manufacturing activity shrunk in the month of February for the first time since 2016, as factories cut back production due to shrinking export and domestic orders, a private business survey revealed.
The US health spending is set to grow at 5.5% rate every year over the decade and is likely to reach $6 trillion by 2027, a government health agency stated.
Ecuador reached a staff-level financing deal worth $4.2B with the International Monetary Fund, as the country grappled with a heavy fiscal deficit and external debt.
South Korea's SK Hynix announced plans to invest $106.66B to build four semiconductor fabs after three years in the country, the second-biggest memory chipmaker stated.
On Wednesday, India's Foreign Ministry said that Saudi Arabia would release about 850 Indians from its jails after Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister made the request.
According to a Bloomberg report, up to 15 British government Ministers could vote to stop the UK from leaving the EU on March 29 in case of no Brexit agreement.
On Wednesday, a White House official said that the US President Donald Trump would visit Japan in May for a meeting with the country's new Emperor.
US stocks traded sideways on Wednesday, as investors and traders awaited the US Federal Reserve January's minutes.