Bloomberg Mexico’s central bank cut its growth forecast for this year and next, as the country’s recovery continues to sputter amid supply chain shortages and the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Banxico, as the central bank is known, sees gross domestic product expanding 2.2% for this year in the main scenario of its quarterly inflation report released Wednesday. ...

  Bloomberg The Philippine peso has weakened beyond a key level of support to a three-year low, paving the way for further declines. The currency slid past support around 52.50 per dollar that had held since the middle of March as it tumbled as much as 0.5% to 52.76, the weakest since March 2019. The peso came back under pressure ...

Bloomberg The global semiconductor shortage that’s bogged down the auto industry for almost two years is showing signs of easing, at least for now. Mercedes Benz AG, Daimler Truck Holding AG, and BMW AG are among carmakers now getting enough of the high-tech components to produce at full capacity after experiencing crippling outages for months. The breakthrough comes earlier than ...