Bloomberg Mexico’s inflation slowed to slightly below the central bank’s target for the first time since 2016, bolstering economists’ expectations that policy makers will keep cutting interest rates this month. Consumer prices rose 2.97% in November from a year earlier, less than the 3% forecast by economists in a Bloomberg survey, Mexico’s statistics agency reported on Monday. Prices increased 0.81% …

Bloomberg Truist Financial Corp is officially a thing. The $28 billion deal combining BB&T Corp and SunTrust Banks Inc — the largest US bank merger in more than a decade — was completed after trading closed last week. That poised the rebranded Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TFC. For …

Bloomberg US equity futures edged down alongside European stocks as investors prepared for a week brimming with potential catalysts, from central bank meetings to the looming America-China tariff deadline. Treasuries and most government bonds advanced. Contracts on the main US equity gauges all struggled for traction as traders awaited news on whether Washington will go ahead with a planned December …