Bloomberg Finland had its credit grade cut to AA+ by Fitch Ratings, which cited a limited potential for a pickup in economic growth. “Economic performance remains weak,” Fitch said in a statement Friday announcing the reduction to the second-highest credit grade. Finland had a triple-A rating from Fitch since 1998. The company changed its outlook to negative in March 2015, ...

Bloomberg The bond market’s outlook for inflation is picking up after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s latest expansion of stimulus. A gauge of German inflation expectations climbed to the highest level since January this week. With Brent crude oil rising for a third week, that’s helping boost optimism among investors before data due on March 17 that, according to ...

Bloomberg Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will give the green light for driverless cars to be tested on U.K. motorways, helping to make the technology available to consumers by the end of the decade. The government also aims to remove regulatory barriers so that driverless cars can be used on British roads within the current parliamentary term, the Treasury ...