Bloomberg Gold was steady after closing down the most in two months in the wake of higher-than-expected US inflation data. Bullion ended 1.3% lower after the consumer-price index figures were released. It had been on an upward trend this month before the inflation data surprised markets. Economists had expected the CPI to rise 8.1% in August from a year earlier, …

  Bloomberg British supermarket chains Asda Group Ltd and Iceland Foods Ltd have seen their bonds move out of the distressed zone after British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s promised help on energy bills. With Britons expected to have more money in their pockets to spend on essential groceries, the sweeping package of measures to contain spiraling energy bills announced last …

  Bloomberg Aldi has become Britain’s fourth largest supermarket for the first time, overtaking Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc to gain 9.3% of the country’s grocery market. The German discounter’s market share climbed 1.2 percentage points in the 12 weeks to September 4, retail data company Kantar said. Brits have been turning to cheaper outlets and own-brand labels amid the country’s …