BLOOMBERG Colombia raised interest rates to the highest level since 1999 after political turmoil triggered a plunge in the nation’s bonds and currency. The central bank lifted its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 13.25% on, Governor Leonardo Villar told reporters in Bogota. Four of the seven-member board voted for the move, two voted to hold, and one …

BLOOMBERG China’s biggest lenders, including Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC), eked out profit growth in the first quarter of 2023 as they wrestled with shrinking margins and the lingering economic impact of China’s exit from Covid zero. Net income at ICBC rose 0.02% to 90.2 billion yuan ($13 billion) from the year-earlier period, according to an exchange …

BLOOMBERG The slump in the yen spurred by the latest Bank of Japan (BOJ) decision drove the currency to its weakest level since just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc in 2008. The euro-yen cross rate rose as much as 1.8% to 150.43, a level last seen in September that year, as the Japanese currency dived against all …