Bloomberg Britain’s new Brexit Czar argued this week that negotiations on the U.K.’s withdrawal from the European Union could begin around the end of this year, with December 2018 a probable date for departure. Appointed late on Wednesday by Prime Minister Theresa May, David Davis will now be Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union having campaigned to …

  Bloomberg Philip Hammond, the U.K.’s newly appointed chancellor of the exchequer, said the vote to leave the European Union had “rattled confidence” and that he will take “whatever measures” needed to shore up the British economy. “The number one challenge is to stabilize the economy, send signals of confidence about the future, the plans we have for the future …

  Bloomberg Germany’s government bonds lagged behind their higher-yielding peers as speculation major central banks will inject another dose of monetary stimulus curbed demand for the safest assets. Italian 10-year securities rose for a second day, while the extra yield Spanish bonds offer over German debt narrowed to the least since March. The split in the market came before an …