Bloomberg China’s credit growth recovered in August from a record low after the central bank cut rates and pushed banks to lend more, although still anemic household borrowing and the return of shadow banking suggest that real demand for loans is still not strong. Aggregate financing to the economy, which is a broad measure of new credit, was triple the …

  Bloomberg European stocks and US futures extended a rally and the dollar retreated as traders bet inflation is near peaking even as policy makers ramp up hawkish rhetoric. The Stoxx Europe 600 index climbed for a third day, with retailers and miners leading the advance and all major regional benchmarks in the green. Futures on the S&P 500 and …

  Bloomberg Covid restrictions are stifling spending in China’s vast consumer market and turning some popular retailers and automakers into stock laggards. The outpouring of pent-up demand has been absent in Covid zero China. Instead, an uncertain growth outlook, coupled with record high youth jobless rate, has caused consumer discretionary stocks in the MSCI China Index to underperform the broader …