Bloomberg Scandinavia’s biggest bank estimates Denmark sold almost $750 million in kroner to weaken the currency after it became clear early on Friday that Britons had voted to leave the European Union. The flight into safe-haven markets triggered by Brexit drove the krone to its strongest level against the euro in more than a decade, forcing the central bank ...

  Bloomberg A larger proportion of Britons are worried that Brexit will hurt their personal finances than voted to leave the European Union last week, illustrating the extent of uncertainty among U.K. consumers in the wake of the historic vote. About 61 percent of 2,000 people surveyed by researcher Retail Economics over the weekend said they were concerned about the ...

  Paris / AFP There is a great risk that France misses its 2017 deficit target because of increased spending since the start of the year, the Court of Auditors warned on Wednesday. Francois Hollande’s government has repeatedly promised that it will bring the public sector deficit to 2.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) next year, below the three percent limit ...