Japanese shares rose, paring gains as the yen strengthened and investors weighed the central bank’s decision to keep its unprecedented easing program unchanged. 

The Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda added to a chorus of calls from Shinzo Abe’s government on the need for higher wages to spur a revival in Japan’s economy.

Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who unleashed unprecedented monetary stimulus at the Bank of Japan in 2013 and doubled down on it last year, is done expanding his efforts, according to an increasing number of economists.

These are puzzling times. Seven years after the financial crisis brought world output to a standstill, economists can't agree on why the recovery is still so meager, let alone what to do about it.

As the Russian economy moves toward recovery, the enduring pain suffered by the nation’s consumers shows just how arduous that journey will be.

Some European Central Bank policy makers called for more stimulus amid deflation risks, a sluggish euro- area recovery and weak oil prices at their Oct. 22 Governing Council meeting in Malta.