Bloomberg An inverted Treasury yield curve is no longer a reliable signal of recession, and what matters more is the level of the curve, Bank of America (BofA) economists Ethan Harris and Aditya Bhave said in a note. The Federal Reserve is flirting with inversion probably because policy makers recognise its waning predictive power in a low-yield global environment, the ...

Bloomberg China has named a new chief for Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC), world’s largest lender by assets, people with knowledge of matter said. Chen Siqing, chairman of Bank of China Ltd., was appointed as party secretary of Beijing-based ICBC at an internal meeting on Monday, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s central bank says it’s premature to claim victory in the war against inflation and sees price growth stabilising at 4.5 percent only by the end of 2021. While inflation has been inside the central bank’s target band of 3 percent to 6 percent for two years and was at the midpoint of this range in March, it’s ...