While the UK unemployment rate remained steady at 5.5%, the lowest level since 2008, British workers' total pay increased more than expected to reach its fastest rate in almost four years in three months through April.
Referring to an improving economy, the Fed signalled that it is on track to hike all-time low interest rates as early as September. Yet, the rates are likely to rise more gradually than it was previously thought.
The Euro zone inflation returned firmly to green territory in May, as the ECB's quantitative easing programme has started to produce desired results.
New Zealand's current account deficit shrank in the beginning of the year amid lower oil prices and a decline in overseas spending.
Japan's trade deficit expanded in May, while imports plunged, and exports grew at the slowest pace in nine months.
British inflation turned positive again in May after sliding below zero in the preceding month for the first time in 55 years.
US housing starts declined in May following a hefty increase the preceding month.
German investor confidence declined for a third consecutive month in June amid uncertainty over the Greek debt default.
The Reserve Bank of Australia will continue thoroughly monitor economic developments in the coming months to assess whether further monetary policy stimulus are needed, as economic growth and business investment remains weak.
Swiss producer and import prices decreased for the twentieth consecutive month in May, falling by 6% on the annual basis, posting worse than an expected decline of 2.1% and following the drop of 5.2% in the prior month.
The factory survey in the New York area showed that activity in the manufacturing sector deteriorated in June.
The most recent round of Greek debt negotiations has broken up in Brussels, just 45 minutes after the meeting started.
Friday's final data showed the total value of industrial output in Japan rebounded significantly in April, when it rose by 1.2% on a monthly basis, following a fall of 0.8% in March and beating expectations for a 1.0% jump.
Prices of finished goods and services sold by manufacturers in the US jumped 0.5% in May of this year, while exceeding the average economists' estimates of a 0.4% increase.
Manufacturing industry in the Euro zone rebounded slightly by 0.1% in April on the monthly basis, following a sharp drop of 0.3% in March.
Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly declined to the lowest level in 12 months in May, suggesting that the Reserve Bank of Australia's recent stimulus measures to ignite growth may be paying off.
A number of economic data releases from China, including retail sales and industrial output, broke the recent streak of worse-than-expected data from the world's second biggest economy.
US retail sales surged sharply in May and rose for the third month in a row, as households boosted purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods.
Greece's jobless rate rose in the first quarter of the year, a reminder that austerity programmes and the ongoing unresolved debt crisis has been weighing on the nation's economy.
A survey conducted among Japan's large-scale factories showed a strong deterioration in the nation's manufacturing activity in the second quarter.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand unexpectedly lowered interest rates and signalled that more cuts are on the cards.
UK manufacturing production dropped unexpectedly in April, while industrial output beat economists' expectations.
Italy's industrial output unexpectedly declined in April, suggesting that economic growth in the Euro zone's third-biggest economy remains fragile since exiting its worst post-war recession.
Consumer price inflation in Switzerland turned positive on a monthly basis in May, yet the annual measure remained weak, according to the Swiss Federal Statistics Office.