Bloomberg Egyptian consumer prices showed some signs of stability in March, signaling that the surge in inflation triggered by the central bank’s decision to abandon currency controls five months ago could be easing. Annual inflation in urban areas accelerated to 30.9 percent compared with 30.2 percent in February, according to data released by the official statistics agency, CAPMAS on …

  Bloomberg China’s anti-graft agency is probing the nation’s top insurance offi- cial Xiang Junbo as the govern-ment steps up a bid to rein in financial risks amid an economic slowdown. Xiang, chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, is under investigation on suspicion of “severe” disciplinary violations, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on its …

  Bloomberg Hong Kong housing prices are close to their peak and economically “unsustainable,” said Cusson Leung, managing director at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s Asia Pacific equity research unit. Price increases in the world’s most expensive home market have outpaced Hong Kong’s gross domestic product growth “significantly” since 2009, and any external shocks could trigger tighter liquidity in the …