Japan's household spending increased slightly, while bonus payments encouraged wage growth in December, though the trends pointed to difficulties for the country's economy as risks to expansion increase.
The volume of German foreign trade reached a record last year, the Federal Statistics Office stated, underlining how exposed the economy is to a global trading system, which is under the threat of a trade war.
The Reserve Bank of India is anticipated to cut interest rates next quarter, a Reuters poll showed, with a majority expecting policy easing to occur ahead of the general election in May.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin Spokesman, stated on Sunday that Russia's President Vladimir Putin has accepted a proposal to meet with British businessmen working in Russia.
The Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Friday that Russia hoped that members of the European Union would manage to settle all disputes over construction of the Nord Stream 2.
On Friday, the value of shares of Russian aluminum colossus Rusal increased by 12%, as the company shared its projection on the perspective of growth of demand on aluminum this year.
Jerry Nadler, the acting US Attorney General, will stand today before the House Judiciary Committee and testify about his supervision of Robert Mueller's investigation.
Facebook Inc is tightening political advertisement policies in India to create transparency ahead of India's general elections.
Financial Times reported on Friday that Olaf Scholz, the German Finance Minister, said that slower growth of Europe's biggest economy could put pressure on the budget and lead to lower tax receipts.
Asian shares declined on Friday, as investors and traders worried about global economic slowdown and trade war between the United States and China.
According to experts, businessmen and diplomats, investors in Cuba are fighting to defend their interests, while others are wary of impact from the US threats to Venezuela.
On Thursday, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee presented a resolution urging the cancellation of construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
According to the Financial Times, the European Union plans to add Panama and Saudi Arabia to the list of countries showing weak results in the fight against money laundering.
Crude oil prices dropped by 44 cents or 0.8% on Friday morning, reaching $52.20 per barrel, as investors focused on deceleration of economic growth amid confrontation between the US and China.
The CEO of Amazon.com Inc Jeff Bezos on Thursday stated that American Media Inc, the owner of the tabloid National Enquirer, threatened to publish his intimate photos if he refused to publicly admit that publications against him were not politically motivated.
The Chinese telecom sector expanded 3% to $190B in 2018, compared to the year 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reports.
The Philippines plans to attract 8.2M tourists this year, an increase from 7.1M tourists in 2018, the Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Puyat says.
Chinese companies have created more than 8,000 jobs at the Chambishi and Lusaka economic zones, the ZCCZ Corporate Affairs Manager Steven Lindunda says.
The US should avoid using force to topple the legitimate government of Venezuela, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says.
The European Commission downgraded GDP growth forecast for Poland to 3.5% from 3.7% in 2019 and to 3.2% from 3.3% in 2020.
Tanzania pledges to improve the business environment and facilitate foreign and local investments, the Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says.
The EU will not reopen negotiations on the Brexit agreement with the UK, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says.
The French trade deficit widened by €2.1B to €59.9B in 2018, compared to the prior year, as oil prices soared, the French Customs Office reports.
The head of the Dallas Federal Reserve Robert Kaplan on Thursday announced that the stimulus form government spending and tax cuts is decreasing and causing the slowdown of the economy not the Federal Reserve's rate hikes.