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Bloomberg ECB Governing Council member Klaas Knot said conventional wisdom about inflation is outdated. The European Central Bank has to investigate “thoroughly” which factors nowadays determine output prices, rather than double down on its stimulus measures, the Dutch central bank president said in an interview with De Volkskrant. While wages are rising, the costs for business “are not translating into …

Bloomberg The Thai baht’s heady gains are petering out, thanks to slowing growth and a central bank that’s bent on taming the currency’s strength. After clocking an 8% rise this year, Asia’s best-performing currency is losing momentum as easing US-China trade tensions damp its appeal as a haven. Falling yields on local bonds and equity outflows are adding to the …

Bloomberg US utilities are on a record borrowing spree this year, selling more than $90 billion in bonds for the first time ever. The surge in debt from NextEra Energy Inc, Duke Energy Inc and other power giants comes as interest rates are at historic lows, leaving investors hungry for the safe and relatively strong returns offered by utility bonds. …

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp and its partners produced the first commercial crude from Guyana, setting the small South American nation on a path to potentially vast flows of oil revenues. Output from the first phase of the offshore Liza field is expected to reach full capacity of 120,000 gross barrels of oil per day in coming months, with the first …

Bloomberg India has stepped up scrutiny of engines on Airbus SE’s A320neo jets, forcing the country’s biggest airline, IndiGo, to have to replace more than previously estimated, a move that could further delay the budget carrier’s expansion plans. A “more intense boroscopic examination” of engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney has identified more engines at risk of shutting down in …

Bloomberg Dennis Muilenburg was ousted as chief executive officer of Boeing Co., a once-unthinkable turning point for a US industrial champion engulfed in turmoil after two deadly crashes of its top-selling 737 Max jetliner. David Calhoun, a General Electric Co. veteran who had served as chairman since October, will replace Muilenburg as CEO and president on January 13, Boeing said …

Bloomberg Airbus SE officially cancelled a book commissioned for its 50th anniversary, citing a shift in its ‘‘communication content goals.” “Airbus acknowledges the quality of the finished manuscript,” the company said in a statement, which was titled ‘‘Airbus: The First 50 Years” and written by ex-New York Times journalist Nicola Clark. Bloomberg News reported in July that the book was …

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc lost a bid to stop a top executive joining rival EasyJet Plc next month after a bitter legal battle. An Irish judge ruled Chief Operating Officer Peter Bellew can join EasyJet in the same role on January 1 as planned. Ryanair had argued that Bellew must abide by a 12 month non-compete clause before moving to …

Bloomberg After hitting a record high, Nike Inc. is finding it harder to keep investors happy. Even though the company posted quarterly results that sailed past Wall Street estimates, the shares dipped, suggesting some investors were looking for an even bigger upside surprise. Fiscal second-quarter profit rose to 70 cents a share, Nike said, beating 58-cent average of analysts’ estimates. …

Bloomberg Kuwait and Saudi Arabia could reach an agreement by the end of this year to renew oil output in the shared neutral zone along their border, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Khaled Al-Fadhel said. The neutral zone, which has been shuttered for at least four years, can produce as much as 500,000 barrels a day. The zone’s Wafra and Khafji fields …