INFLATION

Despite Japan's unemployment rate dipping to a two-decade low, drops in consumer spending and incomes kept inflation way below its 2 percent target.

Turkey's lira fell Tuesday amid news that the country shot down a Russian plane and announced a new cabinet that's expected to tackle the country's already struggling economy.

GDP growth wasn't as slow in the third quarter as previously thought, putting additional pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

Notes from the Federal Reserve's October meeting show most of the committee thought conditions "could well be met" for a year-end rate hike.

Data closely watched by the Federal Reserve's interest rate-setting committee showed prices increasing and U.S. factory output gaining strength.

Many Fed officials, including William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, suggested the likelihood of a liftoff from near-zero interest rates by year's end.

Asian share markets were narrowly mixed on Wednesday as investors anxiously awaited another batch of Chinese data while strength in the U.S. dollar kept the screws on global commodity prices. 

Ahead of a crucial European Central Bank meeting in December, Bank of France chief François Villeroy de Galhau praised monetary stimulus.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state student attending a public, four-year college averaged $9,410.

Earlier on Friday, the central bank had decided to hold back on announcing additional stimulus measures despite weak economic indicators.

A Federal Reserve committee chose Wednesday to once again keep benchmark interest rates at historic lows -- but may be considering a December rate hike.

The stage was set by a disappointing September jobs report and the manufacturing sector falling short of expectations.

On Tuesday, Asian stocks were largely down with the exception of Japan as investors await results of the U.S. central bank meeting.

The amount of graduates' debt was up 2 percent from the year before.

The strongest typhoon to strike the main island in five years is expected to linger until midweek.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is in a bubble that is about to pop.

The nation's central bank -- which uses the exchange rate, rather than interest rates, to boost or slow the economy -- said it will slow the rate of appreciation of the Singapore dollar for the second time this year.

Singapore will release the economic report Wednesday, the same time the Monetary Authority of Singapore announces whether it will give the economy a boost.

Asian markets opened higher Monday as investors focused attention on quarterly results. The biggest U.S. banks were scheduled to issue results this week.

Federal Reserve officials delayed an interest rate increase in September because of growing risks to their outlook for economic growth.

The Reserve Bank of India cut the repo rate to 6.75 percent from 7.25 percent -- a higher-than-expected cut that brought the key interest rate to its lowest level in four years.