Japanese core CPI rose 0.8% year-on-year in October, the tenth straight month of increase, while its narrower measure showed no acceleration in inflation for three months in succession.
The United Nations reported on Thursday that it would extend the Geneva peace talks on Syria until December 15, adding that the presidency was still on the agenda.
On Thursday, General Motors said it planned a launch of self-driving taxi fleet in several dense urban areas in 2019.
The Congressional Budget Office warned on Thursday that the US Treasury would run out of cash by late March or early April, unless the Congress raised the debt ceiling.
The EIA reported US natural gas inventories dropped 33B cubic feet in the week ended November 24, following the prior week's fall of 46B cubic feet.
The Federal Reserve's Vice Chair Randal Quarles warned that bitcoin and other digital currencies could pose a heavy risk to financial stability if adopted widely.
OPEC agreed to expand oil production cuts by the end of 2018, as it attempts to finish the clearance of crude global glut, but ready quit the deal earlier in case the market overheats.
The Finance Ministers of Portugal, Slovakia, Latvia would bid to replace Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup, ahead of the vote among the 19-country bloc next week.
US consumer spending slowed growth in October to mark a 0.3% increase after a 0.9% gain in the prior month, strengthening expectations for the Fed to raise rates in December.
Euro zone consumer inflation rose at a weaker-than-anticipated pace of 1.5% in November, suggesting that price growth was still soft reinforcing ECB projections for a further dip.
The ISM said that manufacturing activity in the area of Chicago with the PMI index rebounding to the 63.9 mark this month from a three-year high of 66.2 registered in October.
Russian consumer inflation is expected to grow 2.9% by the end of the year, compared with the 3.3% seen in the prior month, before hitting the central bank's 4% target in 2018.
The UK house prices increased 0.1% in November, missing expectations for a 0.2% gain, as house price inflation continued weakening since the Brexit vote, Nationwide said.
The Volkswagen car brand forecast the record sales of more than 6M models in 2017, exceeding the last year's reading of 5.99M, the company stated on Thursday.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits plunged 2K to 238K in the week ending November 25, missing analysts' expectations for a 241K rise.
According to the Nikkei business daily, Apple is planning to design its own power management chips to use in iPhones as soon as in 2018.
Eurostat reported on Thursday that unemployment rate in the Euro zone climbed to 8.8% in November, slightly missing the forecasts for the reading to remain unchanged at 8.9%.
The US supermarket chain Kroger posted a 4.5% jump in its Q3 sales on Thursday, driven by an aggressive discounting that lured a lot of customers to the stores.
Express Scripts Holding's CEO stated that he saw Amazon as a potential partner rather than a competitor, after Amazon showed its willingness to enter the pharmacy market.
The Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev stated that the country's ruling party United Russia was eager to back the President Vladimir Putin, if he sought a new term in the office.
China has issued new rules on Thursday, as it seeks to bring more private capital into the public-private partnership programme, which channels funds into the state infrastructure projects.
On Thursday, Turkish Denizbank stated it did not collaborate with the gold trader Reza Zarrab, who was found guilty of helping Iran get around the US sanctions.
According to the official data reported on Thursday, net migration to Britain plunged to 230K people in a year, following the 2016 Brexit referendum, mostly driven by the EU citizens.
French Defence Minister is hoping to clinch deals with Qatar to sell armoured vehicles and Rafale fighter jets to the country during the President Emmanuel Macron's scheduled visit in December.