A Bloomberg News survey shows all of the 35 economists polled forecast the Bank of England to maintain its current policy this month, while investors are pricing a 3 percent chance for a 25 basis point rate hike.

The Japanese yen may witness choppy price action to start next week as U.S. markets will be closed on Monday in observance of the U.S. Independence day holiday.

A dimming outlook for global and U.S. growth has started to cast a shadow on the Canadian economy, which to this point has stood out for its stable banking sector and improving labor market.

The only two things going up?

When interest rates were falling from 15% to 3% it was hard to go broke. Almost no matter how much debt you had, you could refinance at lower rates. Which gave the rest of the world the wrong idea. It seemed like you could borrow forever.

Stabilize public debts by 2016? By then, the US and other major economies will have more government debt than GDP. It is bound to be too late for many of them.

The G20 meeting in Toronto was billed as a showdown between the Germans and the Americans -- between the deficit cutters and the big spenders.

This week we look at what the leading indicators are telling us, size up a new indicator, drop in on banking data, and do a whole lot more.

Can you improve your results without borrowing more and increasing your leverage?

Even Tim Geithner must realize that all those trillions spent on "stimulus" were largely wasted.