Bloomberg Colombia’s central bank is following Chile’s example and reducing the frequency of its policy meetings to eight a year, from twelve, to give board members more time to weigh key data. The change follows “best international practices” with the policy meeting months decided in accordance with the publication of important economic statistics, central bank Governor Juan Jose Echavarria told ...

Bloomberg The European Central Bank may be willing to show greater flexibility in how it supports its economy when bond-buying stops. When policy makers extended quantitative easing to at least Septe- mber, they stipulated that money from maturing debt would be reinvested in the same country for as long as the ECB keeps adding to its holdings. In limiting that ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE is looking to develop autonomous aircraft and technologies that will allow a single pilot to operate commercial jetliners, helping cut costs for carriers, Chief Technology Officer Paul Eremenko said. “The more disruptive approach is to say maybe we can reduce the crew needs for our future aircraft,” Eremenko told Bloomberg. “We’re pursuing single-pilot operation as a potential ...