BLOOMBERG The European Central Bank (ECB) has to continue to raise borrowing costs, according to Governing Council member Klaas Knot, conceding that a slower pace of tightening could be warranted. “We are certainly not done with interest-rate hikes,” the Dutch central bank chief told the NRC newspaper in an interview. “Core inflation in the euro zone is now almost 6%, …

BLOOMBERG  New Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda struck a dovish tone once again by highlighting the risk of inflation slowing below the central bank’s target. Comparing the risk of inflation overshooting and falling below 2%, “it’s appropriate to conduct monetary policy by focusing on the latter risk” considering economic conditions, Ueda told reporters in Washington. Coming three days …

BLOOMBERG  HSBC Holdings Plc plans to recruit about 30 bankers to service India’s ultra-rich through its private bank that the lender will launch in the country in the next few months, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The bank is seeking to fill the roles internally from staff in the country, as well as to hire wealth managers …