Analysts fear unintended consequences of central bank’s vast foreign-currency holdings

Country’s finance minister seeks to reassure investors on impact of Covid-19

Stuart Levey, known for tough enforcement of sanctions on Iran, will head digital currency project

Governments should borrow more to stave off secular stagnation

Candour about the fiscal deficit might return the Democrat to prominence

A collapse in demand is reducing prices even as central banks print money

Popular funds have survived a period of intense market stress

Regulators must ensure that lenders’ defences are sufficiently robust

A bailout is the Mediterranean country’s only option to refloat its sinking economy

Guillaume Faury tells employees in letter that lockdown threatens manufacturer’s existence

Aircraft maker says strong demand for offering has removed need for government funding

Aero-engine maker prepares for biggest single reduction of staff in more than 30 years

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus

It is right for the Fed to lead America towards faster and more efficient bank payments

Adam Neumann transformed shared offices but failed to charm stock market investors

Private banks are fighting to advise billionaires who want a lot for their money

Companies from Boeing to HSBC have discovered the danger of delaying hard choices

The biggest brand launch since the Pink Lady is changing the nature of the fruit

LVMH’s $14.5bn bid for Tiffany shows power passing from gem miners to luxury marketers

The story of Robert Iger’s career as a leader is a thoughtful tale of surviving disruption

The video app loved by teenagers is powered by artificial intelligence and protectionism

Misjudged commercial is an example of an especially troublesome type of marketing mistake

In a polarised time, the broadcaster has won listeners by embracing confrontation

The after-effects of triumphant bets on Chinese companies should spur more gains for sceptics

Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks

Bullish investors and gung-ho governors are setting themselves up for a big reality check

Destocking is at an end and global consumption is expected to rise this year

Business tycoon’s GFG Alliance makes first foray into fast-growing market after long court battle

Liberty Steel to modernise European plants in effort to become carbon neutral

Hundreds will lose jobs in £1.2bn turnround plan even as Jingye says 3,000 will be saved

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company

Price of key steelmaking ingredient has held up, despite big drop in economic activity

Anglo-Australian mining group benefits from resilient iron ore price

Váradi echoes Ryanair’s O’Leary in upbeat outlook as low-cost airline restarts flights from Luton on Friday

Post-Brexit Britain will need a viable industry to support global role

Treasury secretary’s comments compound woes for airline sector hit by Buffett’s share sale

Airline to axe up to 3,150 jobs and close London Gatwick operations as it scales back to save business

Producers’ realised prices are lower than they appear, while traders are braced for more turmoil

Priority status as grid suppliers helps Orsted and Iberdrola weather drop in demand

Crash into negative prices jolts producers into cutting back

Shareholders’ incentives can make them more long-termist than company managers

In future it may have to be budget stimulus that rides to the rescue

If stimulus is well targeted, Boris Johnson’s government may achieve something of elegance

Tie-up aims to allow people with mobile wallets to pay for international online services

McKinsey, BCG and PwC named in records showing allegations of looting by Angolan billionaire

Petrochemicals group to launch sale of up to $2bn in shares as part of debt reduction push

World’s second-largest diamond miner cites disruption along the supply chain

Mortgage products tracking base rate vanish as ‘the numbers no longer stack up’ 

US central bank accelerates purchases to stabilise market for securities backed by home loans

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