Quick Overview

• YoY Colombia's coffee output is set to rise 11% in 2010/11 (October-September) to 9 million 60-kg bags, the country's exporters association said on Thursday.

• U.S. pending sales of homes fall 1.8% in September

• U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 151,000 for October -- jobless rate steady at 9.6%.

• Brazil's industrial production increased 6.3% YoY in September

• The Spanish economy registered zero growth in Q3.

• Japan's central bank left key rate on hold.

• MoM Industrial producer prices in the euro zone rose by 0.3 % in September

• YoY Interregional trade in Central America grew 6 % during the first half of 2010

• China is offering buyers of plug-in hybrids and pure electric cars subsidies of as much as 60,000 Yuan ($9,000) to help cut pollution and reduce oil dependency.

• Japan’s September leading indicators fell 0.6 % MoM.