Bloomberg Norway’s central bank is poised to raise its interest rate this week in the first such post-pandemic tightening among nations with the world’s 10 most-traded currencies. Responding to a buoyant economic recovery, Norges Bank will lift its benchmark on Thursday by a quarter-point from zero, according to all but one of the 15 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. That places …

Bloomberg India should put off a plan to shorten settlement of stock transactions as it raises the risk of default by local brokerages and dims the country’s allure to global investors, a lobby group said. Capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), has announced a proposal to allow stock exchanges to offer next-day settlement in some stocks …

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe rise for a second day along with US index futures as concerns about China Evergrande Group’s debt woes eased ahead of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve policy decision. Basic resources and energy were among the leading gainers in the Stoxx Europe 600 index as commodity prices steadied after Beijing moved to contain fears of a spiraling debt crisis …