Bloomberg Zimbabwe’s central bank plans to sell gold coins to the public from July 25 as a store of value to stabilise the nation’s tumbling currency and offer an alternative to the US dollar. The one-troy-ounce gold coins will be called Mosi oa-Tunya Gold Coin, Governor John Mangudya said. The term means “Smoke that Thunders,” a reference to Victoria Falls, …

  Bloomberg The euro slid to a 20-year low against the US dollar as traders bet that the European Central Bank will go slower on raising interest rates as the economy risks being tipped into a recession. The common currency fell as much as 1.4% to $1.0281, its weakest level since December 2002. The losses came as money markets continued …

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc said it will give a $1,460 pay raise to 35,000 of its UK-based staff, the latest lender to boost wages as the cost-of-living crisis deepens. Employees in customer-facing, branch and junior support roles will receive the increase to their annual pensionable salary from August 1. The bank said it will continue “to monitor the economic situation …