Bloomberg Risks are skewed towards the Australian dollar declining even further in 2022 after touching a two-year low this month amid concerns over slowing economic growth. Commonwealth Bank of Australia sees the currency declining to 65 cents versus the greenback by December, from about 68.6 cents last week. Leveraged funds, which were betting on gains as recently as May, are ...

  Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said a new tool to keep debt-market turmoil at bay as interest rates rise may not need to be used if it’s powerful enough to persuade investors not to test it. In a Bloomberg Television interview in Aix-en-Provence, France, Stournaras said there’s a “very good debate” under way on ...

Bloomberg Credit Suisse group is losing four traders from its high-yield and distressed-debt desks just as interest-rate hikes, inflation and volatile markets heighten the need for such expertise. The traders will join British lender Barclays Plc in New York as it beefs up its own credit desks, according to people with knowledge of the moves. Three of those departing are ...