Bloomberg Airbus SE jetliner deliveries declined last month, according to people familiar with the matter, as an annual summer manufacturing lull impacted build rates. Toulouse, France-based Airbus handed over about 40 aircraft in August, down from 47 in July, according to the people, who asked not to be named before official figures are made public. The tally would take the …

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) pushed ahead with a cautious winding back of its bond-buying program, underlining its confidence in the economy’s recovery prospects once a longer-than-expected virus wave abates. Governor Philip Lowe and his board said they will purchase government securities at a pace of A$4 billion ($3 billion) a week, down from A$5 billion previously, until …

Bloomberg The private-banking units of Citigroup Inc and Credit Suisse Group AG have stopped accepting the bonds of Fantasia Holdings Group Co as collateral amid rising concerns about the Chinese developer’s financial health, according to people familiar with the matter. The banks have assigned a zero lending value to the notes, meaning their private-wealth clients can no longer use them …