Bloomberg Banks across the globe have announced more than 48,500 job cuts this year as the outlook for the economy weakens. Nowhere was that more pronounced than in Europe, where lenders are bracing for a continuation of the negative interest rates that have eaten into their profits for the past five years. Germany’s troubled Deutsche Bank AG tops the list ...

Bloomberg Norway’s central bank is growing increasingly uncertain about raising interest rates next month as global risks mount and monetary policy makers around the world unleash more stimulus. Norges Bank left its key rate unchanged at 1.25%, as anticipated, and said its June rate outlook, which indicated a rate increase next month, was “little changed” even as it highlighted global ...

Bloomberg One month into Deutsche Bank AG’s boldest restructuring effort yet, the world has turned against Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing. Or at least, Germany has. Fears of an economic recession and the specter of even lower interest rates have taken a toll on banks across Europe. But for Sewing, who just pinned his bank’s future on closer ties with ...