Bloomberg Business

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump cast himself as the party’s best shot to retake the White House even as he faces another criminal indictment.

Japan’s labor ministry is proposing a record increase in the minimum hourly pay that will push the rate to above 1,000 yen ($7.08) for the first time and help low-income households tackle inflation.

The International Monetary Fund will give Argentina as much as $10.8 billion in loans for the rest of the year as part of a refinancing agreement that will help the cash-strapped nation to navigate a turbulent period ahead of presidential elections.

Chile’s central bank slashed its key interest rate by a larger-than-expected 100 basis points, spearheading Latin America’s shift toward looser monetary policy and signaling more big reductions to come.

Pan Gongsheng was axed from the Communist Party’s inner web last year. Then a slew of economic problems hit and the technocrat got a surprise promotion

Virtu Financial Inc. expects to be sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission after talks failed to settle a dispute over the firm’s safeguards for trading data. The shares fell in extended trading.

While some economists have dialed back recession expectations, the chief investment officer of the US’s second largest public pension fund sees signs of a looming downturn.