Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co and Barclays became the latest financial institutions to lower their estimates for Brazil’s economic growth this year, on the back of weak activity data and increased political uncertainty. They joined Itau Unibanco SA, Latin America’s largest bank by market value, which remains the most pessimistic of the three after cutting its 2019 growth forecast for …

Bloomberg China’s central bank shifted its tone on the economy, emphasising that it will control excessive money supply amid signs of a recovery. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it’ll keep good control of the money supply “floodgate” and not “flood” the economy with excessive liquidity, according to a statement. That wording had been dropped from the previous quarter’s …

Bloomberg New-home price growth in China snapped a four-month weakening streak, one of the first official signs there may be a widespread recovery in the nation’s housing market. The value of new homes, excluding government-subsidised housing, gained 0.61 percent on average in March from February in 70 major cities tracked by the nation’s statistics bureau, official data released showed. That …