Both manufacturing production and the overall industrial output in the UK increased comfortably above expectations in August, driven by a surge in oil and gas extraction, as well as by a rebound in car production.
German industrial production unexpectedly declined in August, signalling that Europe's largest economy is feeling the effects of weaker demand from emerging markets.
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low for a fifth month in a row, pointing to increased uncertainty surrounding the global economic outlook due to slowdown in China and east Asia.
Canada's trade balance with the rest of the world deteriorated in August, as a decline in commodity prices fuelled a steep drop in exports.
British house prices dropped the most in more than a year on a monthly basis in September.
The US trade deficit widened in August by the most in five months, as imports picked up and weaker overseas growth limited sales to customers abroad.
Industrial orders in Germany unexpectedly dropped in August, fuelling fears that Europe's largest economy is being hit by slowing global growth.
New Zealand business confidence fell to its lowest level since March 2011 in the third quarter, with local companies predicting conditions to worsen in a tougher economic climate.
The UK service sector's business activity experienced a further decline at the end of the third quarter, and, hence, reached its lowest rate in almost two and a half years.
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.