Bloomberg Bets that India’s yet-to-be-named new central banker will lean toward looser monetary policy have accelerated a drop in interest-rate swaps triggered by improving cash supply in the financial system. The cost to lock in rates for a year fell to 6.43 percent in Mumbai on Wednesday, the lowest level since September 2010, and has dropped six basis points ...

  Bloomberg Fast Retailing Co cut its full-year profit forecast for the third time in six months as a strong yen eroded earnings from overseas and overshadowed improving sales at its Uniqlo casual-wear chain. Net income will probably be 45 billion yen (US$427 million) for the year ending August 2016, a 25 percent drop from the forecast it gave in ...

  Bloomberg Australia’s dollar held near its highest since early May after a report showed full-time employment in the nation surged last month. New Zealand’s dollar tumbled as the central bank’s plan to update its economic assessment spurred speculation for a rate cut. The Aussie headed for a seven-week rally that would be its longest winning streak since 2012, after ...