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Japan saw a current account surplus of 336.3 billion yen in June, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.

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Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.3 percent on year in July, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday, standing at 405.508 trillion yen. That follows the 2.2 percent annual increase in June.

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China's export growth exceeded forecasts in July, but a sharp increase in imports led to a more-than-expected decline in trade surplus, the latest figures from the General Administration of Customs revealed Thursday. Exports increased 5.1 percent year-on-year in July, recovering from a 3.1 percent fall in the previous month. Economists were looking for a 2 percent growth.

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Japan's central bank announced on Thursday its decision to keep its monetary easing program unchanged, as the economy has begun to recover moderately and inflation data has turned positive. At the end of a two-day meeting, the nine-member Policy Board led by Governor Haruhiko Kuroda decided to retain its plan to increase the monetary base at an annual pace of JPY 60-70 trillion.

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First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits showed a modest increase in the week ended August 3rd, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday, although claims still came in below economist estimates.

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Latvia's consumer prices rose for the second straight month in July and the rate of inflation increased modestly, data released by the Central Statistical Bureau showed on Thursday.

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South Africa's manufacturing output growth slowed significantly in June to its weakest pace in more than two years, data released by Statistics South Africa showed on Thursday.

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First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits showed a modest increase in the week ended August 3rd, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday, although claims still came in below economist estimates. The report showed that initial jobless claims edged up to 333,000, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 328,000.

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China's inflation rate came in at 2.7 percent in July, the government said on Friday- unchanged from the June reading but below estimates for 2.8 percent.

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The M2 money stock in Japan was up 3.7 percent on year in July, the Bank of Japan said on Friday, standing at 850.4 trillion yen.

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