Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi defended the results of two decades of European political and monetary integration against the return of “illiberal” policies and regimes. Speaking in his native Italy, where a euro-skeptic populist government is openly flaunting European Union rules, Draghi listed the euro’s successes, while admitting that not all have benefited equally from it. He ...

Bloomberg The Nordic listings market has cooled off in recent months, with several companies cancelling their initial public offerings amid plunging stock prices. But the biggest Nordic bank isn’t ready to call an end to an environment that has produced a record number of listings in recent years. “It’s far too early to say that the positive fundamentals for the ...

Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) is set to keep interest rates unchanged next week as the government flounders over its exit from the European Union. All but one of 60 economists in a Bloomberg survey predict the Monetary Policy Committee will maintain the benchmark at 0.75 percent when the decision of its nine members is announced. A unanimous vote ...