Bloomberg UK inflation pressures are likely to pick up even if the Bank of England’s forecasts for wage growth and productivity gains aren’t met, according to Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden. In a speech in London, Ramsden said that he’s on board with BOE’s collective view that limited and gradual increases are needed to control inflation. Labour market tightness and rising …

Bloomberg US investor Bill Browder has presented evidence that Norwegian lender DNB ASA helped transfer $533,000 in Russian cash through accounts in Estonia and Lithuania, according to a Dagens Naringsliv (DN) report. Browder sent a complaint to Norway’s economic crime unit in 2016 and met with the authority in 2017, according to the newspaper. The cash was transferred by eight …

Bloomberg As investors scrambled for more clarity on the Italian budget plan that roiled its markets, at least one thing was clear: Ten years after the financial crisis, the sovereign-bank “doom loop” still haunts Europe. A selloff that started in government bonds quickly spread to the debt and shares of the country’s lenders as investors latched onto a problem policy …