Bloomberg South Africa’s central bank is unlikely to officially pursue a single point-inflation target soon even though it prefers to anchor price growth close to the 4.5 percent mid-point of its goal range, an adviser to Governor Lesetja Kganyago said. The target range of 3 percent to 6 percent allows for flexibility in protecting the economy from price shocks, Fundi ...

Bloomberg Birgitte Bonnesen, the chief executive officer of Swedbank AB, has consistently denied that her bank had any involvement in the Estonian money-laundering scandal engulfing Danske Bank A/S. This week, her words came back to haunt her. Swedbank was forced to backtrack on its previous assertions and has now acknowledged that it also handled suspicious transactions, which it says have ...

Bloomberg Oil in New York posted a second straight weekly advance as investors focus on talks between the US and China on trade and as Opec shows commitment to curbing production. Futures added 0.5 percent in New York to the highest in more than three months. Trade talks in Washington between a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Liu He ...