BLOOMBERG Argentine officials intend to lower a key target in the country’s $44 billion agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a severe drought weakens the economic outlook, according to an Argentine government official. Both sides are discussing a smaller figure for net reserve accumulation in 2023, a cornerstone of the deal seen as the only major anchor providing ...

BLOOMBERG HSBC Holdings Plc is looking for a new global headquarters less than half the size of its current space in London’s Canary Wharf, according to the Sunday Times. The bank is considering a new head office of between 400,000 and 500,000 square feet, the newspaper reported. HSBC has been reviewing its workplace needs once its current lease ends in ...

BLOOMBERG The European Central Bank (ECB) will raise interest rates as high as necessary to bring inflation back down to 2%, said Governing Council member Ignazio Visco. It’s impossible for now to say what level borrowing costs will have to reach to achieve that target, Visco, who also heads Italy’s central bank, said in a Bloomberg TV interview. Policy will ...