Bank of England holds interest rates and refrains from further QE
The Bank of England has kept UK interest rates at 0.5% and announced no expansion to its quantitative easing (QE) programme.
Barack Obama wins US presidential election
Barack Obama has won a second term as US president, defeating Republican Mitt Romney.
Bank of Japan boosts stimulus measures to encourage growth
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has extended its asset purchasing programme by, 11 trillion yen ($138bn; £86bn). This brings the estimated total stimulus to 91 trillion yen.
Changes to child benefit
The UK tax office is to send letters to one million households this week warning parents they may lose child benefit payments.
UK economy returns to growth
The UK economy emerged from recession in the third quarter of 2012 (the three months from July to September 2012).