WASHINGTON / Bloomberg Federal Reserve policy makers are beginning to worry that a corporate-credit squeeze will constrict the economic expansion. With banks tightening standards on business loans and investors demanding higher yields on some corporate debt, companies may find it harder and more expensive to raise the money they need to grow. The concern is that could prompt them to ...

Ottawa / Bloomberg Finance Minister Bill Morneau said economic conditions will make it difficult for the new Liberal government to meet a campaign pledge to balance the budget by the end of its mandate. Morneau, speaking to reporters in Ottawa, said the government’s main objective is to bolster growth in the economy while seeking to balance the budget in the ...

Rio De Janeiro / Bloomberg Dilma Rousseff’s supporters are almost cheerful, missing no opportunity to proclaim that the political crisis that shook Brazil in 2015 and led to impeachment proceedings against the president has lost momentum. In private, they are worried. Their main concern is that an almost two-year probe into a scheme of kickbacks in return for political favors ...