Bloomberg Look to bond yields and not asset purchases for the first sign that the Bank of Japan is finally ready to start exiting its years-long monetary stimulus, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said in an interview. Kuroda’s statement offered the clearest glimpse yet of what an exit will look like one day, though he stressed that policy settings will remain at ...

Bloomberg The revival of a long-established relationship between unemployment and inflation is proceeding — ever so slowly, according to European Cent-ral Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn. “We see some signs that the Phillips curve is waking from its coma,” said Rehn, referring to the theory first described by William Phillips in the 1950s. “It’s maybe alive but not kicking ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. hasn’t yet fixed all of its problems, but at least it stopped its revenue slump. The bank posted a surprise increase in revenue, with the figure rising to $21.9 billion in the third quarter, after analysts expected a slight decline. The bank benefited from rising interest rates and saw growth in consumer-lending originations in areas ...