Eurozone rates expected to rise
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The European Central Bank is expected to raise rates to 4% after its latest meeting - the highest level for six years.
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Speedy growth in the eurozone and UK services sectors are making higher interest rates likely.
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The euro advanced against most currencies on Thursday after investors interpreted remarks from the head of the European Central Bank as signaling a rise in benchmark interest rates in March.
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The European Central Bank surprised financial markets on Thursday by revealing it had considered raising interest rates even as the euro zone economy slows, saying it is worried about inflationary risks.
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Bank of England expected to push rates up to 5.75%.
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Eurozone indicators to be released in the coming week are expected to show an increase in July wholesale prices and a slide in retail sales, as well as stronger industrial output in the bloc's largest economy, Germany, economists said.
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Japan&#39;s economy outperformed both the  United States and the euro zone in January-March for the second  straight quarter, reinforcing expectations the Bank of Japan  will raise rates in August.
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Australia&#39;s central bank said Monday that an expected increase in inflation next year could force it to raise interest rates. The government has pledged to keep interest rates low, but prices have been rising
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The Federal Reserve looked set to  lift U.S. interest rates on Thursday for a 17th straight time  and will likely hold the door open to pushing them even higher  in coming months to ward off inflation.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers were expected to raise US interest rates on Tuesday for a third time this year, continuing to lift borrowing costs from rock
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The European Central Bank is expected  to keep interest rates steady at 2 percent on Thursday, with  markets looking for any hint that the central bank's worries  about growth have heightened.
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Analysts are unanimous in their prediction that the European Central Bank will increase its key interest rate Thursday, but investors are more interested to hear what bank president Jean-Claude Trichet says afterward.
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The Bank of England is seen holding rates at 5.5% after its latest meeting, but a rise remains a possibility.
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If the European Central Bank stopped announcing changes to interest rates there is a good chance that nobody would notice. Though the ECB raised its main refinancing rate on Thursday, by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent, all anybody cared about was ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet's statement. Having signalled the rate rise a month ago, he hinted at another increase, probably this summer.
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The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 3.5 percent on Thursday, but a strong euro suggests the bank could pause its string of rate hikes next year.
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The European Commission raised its estimate for euro zone growth this year to 2.1 percent from the 1.7 percent forecasts last spring due to surging external demand.
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The Bank of England is generally expected to raise UK interest rates to 5.75% later, to help reduce inflation.