Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Friday that powerful monetary easing over the past decade has produced far more economic benefits than side effects, but its failure to help the central bank attain its 2 percent inflation target was "regrettable," as he chaired the last policy meeting of his tenure.After the central bank decided to maintain ultralow rates, Kuroda said monetary easing should continue to ensure more aggressive pay hikes, the missing link to the inflation target, as he gets ready to hand the reins to academic Kazuo Ueda next month.Financial markets are rife with spe…READ FULL ARTICLE
