Bloomberg Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said he believes British voters will “do the sensible thing” and vote to stay in the European Union in next month’s referendum. “If we were to leave, it would put a level of economic insecurity into the ordinary family household that I think most people would think is a foolish risk to take,” …

  Bloomberg The ruble weakened the most among currencies worldwide, catching up with the biggest decline in oil in more than a month, as Russian markets reopened following a two-day holiday. The currency slid 2.7 percent to 66.37 per dollar in Moscow, the biggest fall since Feb. 2. That pared its gains in 2016 to 10.8 percent, the most in …

  Bloomberg In Portugal, where pessimism has become a national characteristic, the Socialist government may be too optimistic about the economic outlook. Finance Minister Mario Centeno predicts expansion of 1.8 percent this year and next and an acceleration to 2.1 percent in 2020 — which would be the fastest in a decade. That makes the government an outlier, with a …