Bloomberg Germany’s two-year note sale on Wednesday provided more evidence that an increasingly gloomy economic outlook in the euro zone keeps driving investors to buy negative-yielding securities in return for their safety — and potential capital gains. The country’s bonds, which have returned 4.4 percent percent this year, were mostly little changed as Europe’s largest economy allotted €3.24 billion of ...

Bloomberg The lira fell the most in emerging markets after Turkey’s Economy Minister became the latest official to call for interest rate cuts, stoking concern that politicians are interfering in monetary policy. Speculation that global growth is faltering also contributed to the drop. The currency lost 0.6 percent to 2.8488 per dollar, the weakest level in more than a week, ...

Bloomberg The Swiss National Bank unveiled its new 50-franc ($52) note on Wednesday, the first in a series that features nature rather than portraits of famous men and women. The 50-franc bill, which will begin to be issued on April 12, was designed with the theme of wind and depicts a dandelion, mountains and a para-glider. Other notes in the ...