Bloomberg A warning indicator for banking stress in China fell for a fifth-straight quarter, signaling that the leadership’s drive to squeeze risk from the financial system is making progress. China’s credit-to-gross domestic product “gap” declined to 18.9 percent in the second quarter from 22.1 percent in the first three months of this year, according to data released by the Bank ...

Bloomberg Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda gave the clearest signal yet that his recent comments about the “reversal rate” theory weren’t an indication of tighter monetary policy in the coming year. The BOJ’s yield-curve control program, partly intended to address the impact of monetary easing on Japanese banks, has been successful and hasn’t created any problems for financial ...

Bloomberg The Indian central bank’s tendency to overestimate inflation has prevented it from cutting interest rates further and cost the economy, according to one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advisers. “Their view of the economy doesn’t seem to be correct,” and by keeping rates high, they “have imposed a high output sacrifice,” said Ashima Goyal, a member of Prime Minister’s ...

Bloomberg Central bankers are starting to see promising results from one of the recent additions to their monetary policy toolbox. Lending curbs to stem financial risk — so-called macroprudential limits — have helped slow risky borrowing and temper property price bubbles in countries from New Zealand to Canada, a host of financial stability reports showed this week. While there hasn’t ...

Bloomberg Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s No 2 carrier, is increasingly dogged by rising borrowing costs just as stiff competition from low-cost rivals looms over a potential rebound in its China business. The Bank of Korea’s first interest-rate increase since 2011 may add to the Seoul-based carrier’s woes by pushing up funding costs, according to Shinhan Investment Corp. The premium ...

Bloomberg Express Scripts Holding Co.’s chief executive said he’s open to a deal with a health insurer or partnering with Amazon.com Inc. CEO Tim Wentworth’s pharmacy benefits company has been battered by departing clients and the vague specter of Amazon’s entry into the drug business. If a major insurer was interested in a deal, “I would be open to it,” ...

Bloomberg Alitalia SpA, the bankrupt Italian airline searching for a rescuer, will get new uniforms designed by one of Italy’s most prominent stylists, the second re-branding in two years. The airline, which is on state support, said that Alberta Ferretti will renew the company’s look “to ensure that all personnel, both ground and flight staff, is comfortable in each working ...

Bloomberg Tiffany & Co. fell the most in more than two months after stagnant sales worldwide showed the jeweller’s efforts with new designs and store renovations has yet to resonate with more customers. Same-store sales—a key retail metric—were flat globally and in North America last quarter, while they tumbled 8 percent in Europe, the company said. The results sent the ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In an age when dining experiences across the globe are exploring new realms of freshness and health, food enthusiasts in Abu Dhabi will get to savour a never-before fine line up of fine delicacies prepared to perfection by master chefs. The new menu at Waterlemon Restaurant & Cafe in Abu Dhabi promises diners a gourmet ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has attended the March of Union on Sunday as part of the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival 2017 in Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi, on the occasion of the 46th National Day. The march organised by ...