Bloomberg The Philippines became the latest emerging market to raise interest rates, following through with a pledge to curb inflation in a booming economy. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas increased the overnight reverse repurchase rate to 3.25 percent from a record-low 3 percent, it said in a statement in Manila. Thirteen of 16 economists predicted the decision, with the rest expecting …

Bloomberg Airbus SE Chief Financial Officer Harald Wilhelm will follow Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders out the door in April, deepening a shakeup of senior management as the European planemaker grapples with the future of the A380 superjumbo and a long-running bribery investigation. Wilhelm, 52, decided “in agreement with the board of directors” that he will leave in April after …

Bloomberg Asia, where more than a dozen new low-fare carriers started in the past two decades, got a new entrant in Japan Airlines Co. Japan’s second-largest carrier is deepening its bet in the market for frills-free air travel by setting up a carrier in July for medium-to-long-haul international flights from Narita International Airport, which serves Tokyo. The yet-to-be named carrier …