Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) policy makers signalled they see euro-area inflation potentially exceeding forecasts as economy recovers and supply bottlenecks drive up input prices. The comments by three Governing Council members point to a more heated debate about the central bank’s current ultra-loose policy, with the pandemic-era bond-buying program set to expire by March next year. Their remarks will ...

Bloomberg Nigeria’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged to support an economy that expanded at a slower pace than expected in second quarter. All 10 members of the monetary policy committee who attended its two-day meeting voted to keep the rate at 11.5% for the sixth straight meeting, Governor Godwin Emefiele said in a virtual briefing from the ...

Bloomberg Let the iPhone 13 price wars begin. With the debut of Apple Inc’s newest phones, AT&T Inc embarked on a second year of giveaways, offering the new iPhone 13 Pro free to new and existing customers who have qualifying trade-ins and unlimited data plans, a deal worth as much as $1,000. T-Mobile US Inc is matching the iPhone 13 ...