The U.K. decision to quit the European Union appears to be slowing the global recovery. But the government’s policy response put the domestic economy on a stronger footing than before, limiting Brexit’s negative impact on the rest of the world. Britain, previously Europe’s poster child for austerity, has an opportunity to augment the Bank of England’s monetary-policy efforts with some ...

  “Black money” — the colloquial name for a vast network of off-the-book cash transactions and unbanked savings — is one of India’s biggest scourges. Amounting to as much as $460 billion a year, bigger than the GDP of Argentina, all that money lies beyond the reach of the tax authorities, creditors and anti-corruption investigators. Efforts to bring it into ...

  Bloomberg Earnings continued to set the tone on global equity markets, as equities from Europe to the U.S. fluctuated with investors looking for evidence that economic growth is bolstering profits. Government bonds retreated after the European Central Bank signaled stimulus expansion was on hold. The S&P 500 Index swung between gains and losses after closing at its sixth record ...