TheBankofJapan(BOJ)onFridayoptedtomaintainitsaggressivemonetaryeasingprogramasitcontinuestoworktowardshittingitslofty2percentinflationtarget.Thecentralbank'spol
Chinese cross-border capital flow became more balanced in the second quarter of this year, as shown by new data on foreign currencies bought and sold by commercial banks.
The Federal Reserve officials generally agreed to continue trimming stimulus, with a few participants eyeing to raise the federal funds rate relatively soon, according to the minutes of the Fed's January policy meeting, which were released Wednesday.
House sales in Spain fell by 15.4 percent in August compared with a year earlier, the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported on Monday.
Ben Bernanke, the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman said on Wednesday that the central bank would start scaling back its massive bond-buying program later this year if the economy improves as expected.