Bloomberg Peru raised interest rates for a 15th straight month in a bid to get inflation back under control and limit the risk of capital flight as the US Federal Reserve withdraws stimulus. The central bank raised its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a two-decade high of 7%, in line with expectations. That’s up ...

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures wobbled between gains and losses as investors awaited the latest payrolls report for clues on the monetary-policy path after a raft of Federal Reserve officials doused expectations for a quick halt to rate hikes. December contracts on the Nasdaq 100 Index fall 0.3%, trimming deeper losses, amid premarket declines for semiconductor stocks. Advanced Micro Devices ...

Bloomberg In the world’s third biggest economy, public skepticism toward financial investing has become so entrenched that investment bank Nomura Holdings Inc. is teaching economic basics in high schools to win over the next generation. About eight in 10 Japanese have never invested in securities, according to a lobby group for the nation’s brokers. Securities and investments account for only ...