Bloomberg European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will have to deliver plenty to meet the expectations of euro bears next week. With Draghi under increasing pressure to boost inflation in the euro region, investors are preparing for a range of measures at next week’s policy meeting, including a cut to the deposit rate and a boost to the ECB’s quantitative-easing ...

Bloomberg U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne dropped a plan to overhaul pension tax relief after pressure from industry groups and fellow Conservative lawmakers. Osborne last year studied whether to scrap some pension giveaways and was predicted to flesh out plans in his March 16 budget, only to be warned off amid concerns it would hurt affluent voters. The ...

Bloomberg With talk swirling about the Norwegian interest rate heading to zero, the nation’s finance minister is confident its banks can withstand the added pressure to their balance sheets. “The Norwegian banking system is very robust and has been able to adjust quickly to the new demands in regulatory framework,” Siv Jensen said in Oslo. “They are robust enough to ...