Bloomberg A larger proportion of Britons are worried that Brexit will hurt their personal finances than voted to leave the European Union last week, illustrating the extent of uncertainty among U.K. consumers in the wake of the historic vote. About 61 percent of 2,000 people surveyed by researcher Retail Economics over the weekend said they were concerned about the ...

  Paris / AFP There is a great risk that France misses its 2017 deficit target because of increased spending since the start of the year, the Court of Auditors warned on Wednesday. Francois Hollande’s government has repeatedly promised that it will bring the public sector deficit to 2.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) next year, below the three percent limit ...

  Bloomberg Russia will only take its battle against inflation so far. Reserves and the ruble’s free float is where it draws the line. Authorities are looking at how to keep tapping a wealth fund to cover the budget deficit even though their method of doing so floods the economy with excess cash, according to four officials familiar with the ...