BOC: Persistently high energy prices, combined with stronger transmission effects, increase inflation persistence over the projection horizon.

英国财政大臣希利：将收紧在线交易平台增值税规则。

BNP Paribas said last quarter European clients moved off the sidelines and traded more actively, helping corporate and investment banking revenue surge and underpin a better-than-expected quarterly result reported Wednesday. Equity trading revenue jumped about 50%, and the bank said ongoing investment in those businesses is paying off. BNP Paribas has also benefited from a strong prime-brokerage franchise after taking on many hedge-fund clients from Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse in prior years, and robust advisory activity (including in Europe) helped global banking revenue rise 8.4%. The bank’s COO and head of corporate & institutional banking said recent work to deepen and improve the client base has increased diversification across clients, services and geographies, supporting performance across market conditions.