With global inflation set to accelerate, investors accustomed to stimulus-buoyed asset prices are assessing which major central bank will be first to turn off the taps. Although attention has focused on the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England (BOE) could well initiate stepping off the monetary accelerator. The UK economy is already poised to grow by more than 7% this ...

Bloomberg New York-traded electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc has received the green light from the Hong Kong stock exchange to list in the city, the latest homecoming share sale by a Chinese company. The company submitted an updated listing document on Wednesday, indicating it has won the bourse’s approval. The filing, which confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report, didn’t specify ...

Bloomberg The recovery in gasoline demand across Asia from virus-driven slumps remains patchy, offering a complex picture as improvements in nations such as India are partially offset by deteriorations elsewhere. While consumption has shown signs of picking up in the region’s third-largest economy, as well as in Thailand, it’s offset by slowing demand in Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia, Apple Mobility ...