Bloomberg China appointed two new economists to its central bank monetary policy committee with expertise in the labour market and population, suggesting an increased focus on boosting jobs and household incomes. Cai Fang, a well-known economist at the government-linked Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Wang Yiming, a former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, ...

Bloomberg India is set to face its first test of demand for a riskier type of bank bond since the regulator introduced a cap on mutual funds’ investments in such securities. One of the nation’s largest regional lenders, Bank of Maharashtra, is seeking bids Monday for rupee-denominated Tier 2 notes in a sale that will be closely watched to gauge ...

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) finally delivered on its promise to boost the pace of emergency bond-buying to combat the economic threat from higher yields. Net purchases settled last week climbed by 21.1 billion euros ($25.2 billion), the most since the start of December. German bonds held marginally higher on the day, with 10-year yields dropping one basis point ...