Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday the central bank has entered a phase where it must consider not just the merits but the side-effects of its massive stimulus programme in a “balanced manner”.

The world's wealthiest families plan to allocate more money to private equity after the asset class helped drive an average 15.5 percent rise in the value of their investments in 2017, according to a survey.

A senior Chinese official said on Tuesday it is difficult to proceed with trade talks with the United States while Washington is putting “a knife to China's neck”, a day after both sides heaped fresh tariffs on each other's goods.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the US businessmen to invest more in Bangladesh as the country's strategic location is making it an emerging hub for regional connectivity, foreign investment and global outsourcing.

Although CEOs for large US companies remain broadly confident on the economy, sentiment took another hit in the third quarter over concerns about US trade confrontations, according to a survey released Monday.

South Africa on Tuesday announced visa reforms aimed at luring investment and tourists to help lift the continent's most advanced economy out of recession.

Germany's economic institutes will lower their 2018 growth forecast for Europe's largest economy to 1.7 percent from their spring prediction of 2.2 percent, two government sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday he expects India's economy to sustain an annual growth rate of around 8 percent on the back of measures taken by the government such as a unified tax code and a new bankruptcy law.

US and Canadian officials trying to reach a deal on Nafta are “very likely” to hold informal talks on the sidelines of a major U.N. meeting in the next few days, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday.

Brent oil soared Monday close to $81, reaching the highest level since November 2014 after Opec and other global producers snubbed pressure from US President Donald Trump to dampen prices.

Confidence among German business leaders dipped slightly in September but remained strong, a closely-watched survey said Monday, as Europe's export powerhouse nervously eyes an escalating trade war between the United States and China.

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday the government is ready to ensure credit is available to non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), just a day after the market regulator and the central bank sought to calm skittish investors.

President Donald Trump's tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese imports took effect Monday, with Beijing accusing Washington of "economic intimidation" as the standoff between the world's top two economies clouds the global outlook.

While the US takes aim at China, Canada and Mexico over perceived trade imbalances, Japan has kept a low profile, hoping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's friendship with golf buddy Donald Trump will keep Tokyo out of the firing line.

Singapore on Monday fined ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber $9.5 million for breaking competition rules when they merged, saying the deal had increased fares and thrown up roadblocks for competitors.

India's market regulator on Friday relaxed norms on foreign investments by Indians based abroad after concerns over stricter regulations rattled markets earlier this month.

Prices in Japan edged up modestly in August, according to government data on Friday, as the world's third-largest economy continues its years-long battle with deflation.

Canadians paid 2.8 percent more for goods and services in August than a year earlier, with prices rising across the board, official data released Friday showed.

The European Union heaped more pressure on Switzerland to clinch a new bilateral treaty cementing ties, threatening to cut off cross-border stock trading by year's end if no deal emerges.

Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to become the third partner in the Beijing-funded Belt and Road corridor of major infrastructure projects inside Pakistan, Pakistan's information minister said on Thursday.