Bloomberg Former European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi will get Germany’s highest honor this week, though probably not its undying love. German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier will give the country’s Order of Merit to the Italian, whose ultra-loose stimulus, including quantitative easing and negative interest rates, embittered many citizens in the euro region’s biggest economy. Unlike his predecessors, Jean-Claude Trichet ...

Bloomberg The Philippine peso and Indonesia’s rupiah are Asian carry trades most insulated from the coronavirus outbreak, as the pandemic shows no sign of abating. That’s based on comparative performance before and after January 20, when concerns about the disease escalated with reports that human-to-human transmission was occurring. The top performers were the onshore yuan, rupiah and the offshore yuan, ...

Bloomberg Airlines across the globe suspended more flights to China, as governments clamped down on travel to help stop the spread of the deadly Wuhan virus. British Airways halted daily routes to Beijing and Shanghai from London’s Heathrow airport, after UK officials advised against non-essential travel. The UK flag carrier said it would reassess over the next few days. Hong ...