Colombia’s central bank ignored complaints from President Gustavo Petro and raised interest rates to the highest level in more than two decades, while also deciding against intervention in the currency market. The bank lifted its benchmark rate by one percentage point to 11%, after the peso plunged and foreign investors dumped the nation’s bonds. The unanimous decision, which was in ...

Porsche AG’s surging income failed to impress investors as concerns over headwinds in the final months of the year weighed on luxury-car maker’s shares. Operating profit jumped 41% to €5.05 billion in the first nine months from the same period last year, partly due to exchange-rate effects, the luxury-car maker said. But the company didn’t raise its full-year guidance, suggesting ...

Trading in the global foreign-exchange market jumped to an all-time high amid heightened volatility, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Average daily transactions in April increased to $7.5 trillion, up 14% from the same month in 2019, the BIS said in its triennial survey. That compares with a growth rate of 30% in 2019 and a contraction of ...