For US bond investors, the summer hiatus from Federal Reserve speakers couldn’t have come at a better time. Since the central bank left interest rates unchanged on Aug. 1, only two officials have made public comments: Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin on Aug. 8 and Chicago Fed President Charles Evans on August 9. None are scheduled to talk again until ...

It should have been a good day for the euro after Eurostat said the euro-area economy grew faster in the second quarter than initially reported. But instead, the Bloomberg Euro Index that measures the shared currency against its major peers fell the most in two months, dropping as much as 0.92 percent. The seemingly illogical response by foreign-exchange traders becomes ...

The party at China’s oldest Western food chain is missing a key guest. China Investment Corp is joining a consortium including Hillhouse Capital and former KKR & Co. senior executives planning a $14 billion-plus acquisition of Yum China Holdings Inc, Vinicy Chan, Cathy Chan, Carol Zhong and Manuel Baigorri wrote on Wednesday. The purchase of the KFC and Pizza Hut ...