Bloomberg The world’s lowest interest rate will be around for longer than previously anticipated, with economists forecasting that a dovish shift for central banks around the world will also affect Switzerland. Citing a delay in European Central Bank tightening, Zuercher Kantonalbank’s David Marmet pushed back his expectations for a 25 basis point increase in the Swiss National Bank’s deposit rate …

Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank may acknowledge the rising risk of an interest-rate cut when it delivers its first policy decision of the year. While Governor Adrian Orr is expected to hold the official cash rate at a record-low 1.75 percent on Wednesday and signal no change for some time, he could concede there’s an increasing possibility of looser policy …

Bloomberg A policy of cautious lending to the silk weavers and shopkeepers of Tamil Nadu has allowed a small local bank to outpace the largest Indian banks in terms of share price performance. City Union Bank Ltd., a small lender based in Kumbakonam, has risen more than 27 percent over the last twelve months, the best performance of any Indian …