DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal Export Credit Company, signed a MoU with Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), the integrated trade, logistics, industrial and free zone owned by Abu Dhabi Ports, to support UAE businesses and increase exports by providing export insurance solutions that meet their growth plans. The pact will help UAE-based firms to …

Bloomberg Federal Reserve policy makers are satisfied with the stance of monetary policy even if President Donald Trump isn’t. In a series of appearances last week, central bank officials hammered home the message that policy is on hold after three cuts in interest rates this year. “We have a favourable outlook for the economy,” Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said …

Bloomberg Almost two years after Latvia’s central-bank governor was detained in a bribery probe, he’s getting the chance to prove his innocence in the courtroom. Ilmars Rimsevics, who also sits on the European Central Bank’s policy-setting panel, is attending his first hearing. He denies the charges against him, which carry a prison term of more than 10 years. Rimsevics’s case …