Bloomberg Canadian banks fall about 20% from their record high set in early February as recession fears send investors fleeing. The S&P/TSX Commercial Banks Index, which tracks the country’s eight largest lenders, dropped, adding to another day of losses after inflation in Canada surged to a four-decade high and US data pointed to rising unemployment and slumping manufacturing and …

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc has agreed to buy Kensington Mortgage Company Ltd, expanding the reach of its offering in Britain’s housing market. The lender’s UK unit will pay about £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) for the specialist mortgage lender that is owned by Blackstone Inc. and Sixth Street, according to a statement. Kensington, which is based in Maidenhead, England, and has …

  Bloomberg The first hints that consumer belt-tightening is passing through to corporate earnings are coming in, posing a bigger risk to US equities than stock-selling by American households, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. High inflation and declining asset prices have started to strain household finances, Goldman strategists led by David Kostin wrote. They cited the 0.3% drop in …