Bloomberg An Argentine economist drafting recommendations for a more business-friendly government that could emerge from 2023 elections has a message for foreign investors eyeing potential regime change. “We’re not interested in hot money in Argentina,” Carlos Melconian, head of think tank Ieral, said. “Capital inflows that create quick profits and get confounded with the element of confidence don’t interest ...

  Bloomberg A sharp slump in the kwacha that’s placing upward pressure on inflation may prompt monetary policymakers to raise interest rates for the first time in more than a year when they meet in early 2023. Consumer prices rose an annual 9.9% this month, compared with 9.8% in November, interim Statistician-General Mulenga Musepa told reporters in the capital, Lusaka. ...

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures gained on Thursday as technology shares rallied on the penultimate trading day of what’s been a brutal year for financial markets. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose more than 0.6% following gains for Asian technology stocks earlier amid signs China is easing a regulatory crackdown. Contracts on the S&P 500 were up about 0.3%. ...