Bloomberg Chinese banks extended a record amount of new loans in January after authorities prodded them to lend more to businesses, though consumer borrowing remained subdued. Financial institutions offered 4.9 trillion yuan ($719 billion) of new loans last month, higher than the 4.2 trillion yuan estimated by economists, and compared with a record 3.98 trillion yuan a year ago. ...

  Bloomberg Ghana’s currency surged as much as 3.1% against the dollar after the government said that it had received support from more than 80% of bondholders to restructure its local-currency debt. The cedi was trading 1.3% stronger, heading for the biggest gain in almost three weeks. It’s still the worst-performing currency tracked by Bloomberg after the Lebanese and Egyptian ...

  Bloomberg European stocks advanced and Wall Street equity futures were little changed in the build up to key US inflation data, after a drop in wage-growth expectations eased some of the concern over rising prices. Gains in European telecommunications and travel and leisure shares helped push the Stoxx 600 index 0.4% higher. Vodafone Group Plc shares rose after Liberty ...