Bloomberg Germany’s Bundesbank expressed confidence that the economy will quickly overcome its latest slowdown, even though it cautioned that growing protectionism and a disorderly Brexit pose threats to the outlook. The central bank lowered its growth forecasts for 2018 and 2019 and also cut its inflation outlook for next year. Output in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, contracted in the third ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. has kicked off its industrial foray into China, handing over the first 737 Max completed in the country to Air China as executives looked past simmering trade tension to a $2.7 trillion market opportunity. The jetliner was the first to be delivered outside the US by the Chicago-based planemaker, although the aircraft for all intents and purposes ...

Bloomberg Spirit Airlines Inc., the tardiest US airline only two years ago and a lightning rod for customer complaints, just won its first monthly title for the nation’s best on-time performance. The discounter avoided late arrivals on 89 percent of its flights in October, edging out Hawaiian Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc., according to Department of Transportation data. ...