Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG, the German lender seeking to overhaul how it manages risks, made a bet on US inflation that puts the firm on course to lose as much as $60 million, people familiar with the matter said. The trade used derivative products tied to US inflation, said the people, who requested anonymity because the details aren’t public. The ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s central bank filed court papers to reverse an instruction by the anti-graft ombudsman that its mandate of protecting the value of currency be changed, saying the “reckless” proposal is harming the economy. Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane in a report earlier this month instructed parliament to start a process to change the nation’s constitution to make the central ...

Bloomberg Australia’s central bank could increase interest rates eight times in the next two years, former board member John Edwards said. The Reserve Bank of Australia is probably already considering a program of rate increases given its forecasts for inflation returning to target and economic growth to accelerate to 3 percent against a stronger global backdrop, Edwards said in a ...