Bloomberg Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said he expects inflation in the euro area to peak in coming months and for price increases to fall below 2% by the end of 2022. Villeory, who is also a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, said the jump in inflation was a temporary bump linked to the ...

Bloomberg A Bank of England (BOE) interest-rate increase would hurt a fifth of existing mortgage holders, heaping misery on households already struggling with higher food and fuel costs. More than 21% of outstanding residential mortgages in the UK have variable interest rates, meaning the cost of repayments changes when the benchmark lending rate changes, according to data through June from ...

Bloomberg Persistent inflation could trigger more spells when bonds and equities move in tandem, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co analysts, posing a headache for investors who use fixed-income securities to shelter some of their portfolios from stock-market drops. The bond-market selloff in September coincided with the S&P 500 shedding 4.8%, a lockstep move that battered multi-asset investors. A basket ...