New York City has added an estimated 488,478 housing units since 1991. For a city that has added 1.1 million jobs over that same period, that’s not great, but it’s not terrible, either. Where things get complicated — and in some ways less encouraging — is in exactly what kind of housing it has added. These numbers are from the ...

In the financial world, bonus disappointment is cause for anguish, outrage, and sometimes a job change. Rather than enjoy guides on how to splurge on a foreign bolt-hole, victims are left instead to write pseudonymous columns about how Jeremy Corbyn’s views now pervade the corner office. When even Deutsche Bank AG pays bonuses, it seems unfair not to get what ...

Back in 1992, Singapore feared that its gleaming new subway would be wrecked by people using something sticky to disable automatic train doors — so it banned chewing gum. Twenty-six years later, the prohibition on the import, manufacture and sale of gum is still in place, even though the utility of that harsh curb has never really been proved: Hong ...

Bloomberg US claims that a Latvian bank laundered money and violated sanctions on North Korea led to the lender’s demise in little over a week, turning the spotlight on the European Central Bank’s role as chief supervisor for euro-zone lenders. The US Treasury proposed banning ABLV Bank from doing business in dollars, but the ECB doesn’t have the power to ...

Bloomberg Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden looks to have changed his mind on interest rates. An opponent of a rate increase in November, Ramsden told the Sunday Times in an interview that an acceleration in wage growth suggests swifter rate rises are now required. Ramsden said he’ll closely monitor what happens in the early part of 2018 to ...

Bloomberg The clock is ticking for John Cryan to complete the next step in Deutsche Bank AG’s turnaround. The lender on Monday said it will sell shares in its DWS asset management business “in the earliest available window,” confirming a plan first outlined a year ago and kicking off what is usually a four-week run-up to the initial public offering. ...

Bloomberg President Joko Widodo’s choice of a career central banker to head Bank Indonesia signals monetary policy continuity as rising odds of faster US rate increases roil emerging-market currencies and bonds. Widodo, also known as Jokowi, has nominated Deputy Governor Perry Warjiyo as his sole candidate, Sofjan Wanandi, adviser to Vice President Jusuf Kalla, said by text message on Monday. ...

Bloomberg If you think things will keep getting better for China’s biggest banks, look no further than China Construction Bank Corp. Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley are among at least 16 brokerages that have raised their target prices for China’s second-largest bank this year. Institutional investors including BlackRock Inc and Invesco Ltd have recently increased their CCB holdings, ...

Bloomberg As China’s shoppers power growth for European luxury brands, Chinese companies want to bring home some of the profits along with their Prada loafers. Fosun International Ltd. acquired a majority stake in French fashion house Lanvin for an undisclosed sum, the Shanghai-based group said. It’s the latest in a series of moves by Chinese companies to snap up iconic ...

Bloomberg Logistics specialist and airports operator Stobart Group Ltd. said it’s looking at putting together a bid for Flybe Group Plc, Britain’s biggest domestic airline, as the regional carrier grapples with declining earnings. Flybe shares rose the most in four years as Stobart said options include taking a non-controlling interest in a business that would make a cash bid for ...