The economy of El Salvador expanded 1.8 percent year-on-year in the first three months of 2019, down from a downwardly revised 2.1 percent expansion in the fourth quarter of 2018. Slower growth was mainly explained by primary activity (-1.1 percent vs +0.4 percent in the previous quarter), manufacturing (+0.4 percent vs +1.2 percent), mining (+0.6 percent vs +7.6 percent), and information and communication services (+0.4 percent vs +4.9 percent). On a quarterly basis, the economy remained unchanged after growing 1.1 percent.

Personal income in the United States advanced 0.5 percent month-over-month in May 2019, the same pace as in April and beating market expectations of a 0.3 percent rise. The increase in personal income in May primarily reflected increases in personal interest income, wages and salaries, and government social benefits to persons.

Wall Street closed moderately in the green on Friday 28 June 2019, amid expectations that the United States and China will be able to ceasefire their trade disputes during Trump and Xi meeting on Saturday morning in Osaka. The Dow Jones gained 73 points or 0.3%. The S&P 500 climbed 17 points or 0.6%. The Nasdaq increased 39 points or 0.5%.

The unemployment rate in Colombia increased to 10.5 percent in May 2019 from 9.7 in the same month of the previous year. The number of unemployed went up by 191 thousand to 2.61 million while the number of employed fell by 287 thousand to 22.16 million. Meantime, the employment rate dropped to 56.4 percent from 57.9 percent while the activity rate declined to 63.1 percent from 64.1 percent in May 2018.

European stock markets closed in the green on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street, amid expectations that the two world’s largest economies will be able to ceasefire their trade disputes during Trump and Xi meeting on Saturday morning in Osaka. Travel and leisure and technology equities were among the best performers, after Merlin Entertainments agreed to be acquired by the investment vehicle of Lego’s founding family and private equity firm Blackstone Group LP. Merlin. The DAX 30 surged 128 points, or 1% to 12,399; the FTSE 100 increased 23 points, or 0.3% to 7,426; the CAC 40 gained 45 points, or 0.8% to 5,539; the IBEX 35 climbed 51 points, or 0.6% to 9,199; and the FTSE MIB rose 124 points, or 0.6% to 21,235.

The price of Arabica coffee rose nearly 2.5% to $108.2 per pound on Friday, hitting the highest level since November 2018, amid rainfall forecast for key coffee-growing areas of Brazil, which may slow the harvest and drying from the country's coffee crop.

The economy of Jamaica expanded 1.7 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, following a 2 percent growth for the previous quarter. Slower expansion was mainly explained by primary activity (+0.3 percent vs +3.1 percent in Q4 2018), mining (+11.1 vs +25.0 percent) manufacturing (-1.4 percent vs +2.0 percent), and construction (+3.4 percent vs +3.7 percent). In contrast, utilities rebounded 1.9 percent after shrinking 0.3 percent in the previous three months. On a quarterly basis, the economy shrank 0.4 percent following a 0.8 percent contraction.

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment for the US was revised higher to 98.2 in June 2019 from a preliminary 97.9, as the consumer expectations sub-index came in stronger than initially thought.

Construction output in South Korea decreased 5.3 percent year-on-year in May 2019, following an upwardly revised 8.3 percent fall in the previous month. Building activity declined at a softer pace of 7.8 percent (vs -10.8 percent in April), whereas and civil engineering works climbed 3.1 percent after increasing 0.7 percent.