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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said the larger-than-forecast increase in U.S. employment last month won’t prompt the Federal Reserve to alter the central bank’s stimulus measures.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
Just the hint the Federal Reserve would end debt purchases that have supported bond prices sent Treasury yields soaring last month to the highest since April, a reaction that is unwarranted if money markets are a guide.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
February 19, 2013
As President Barack Obama starts his second term, the bond market is already telling him that the administration’s forecasts for economic growth over the next four years are too optimistic.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
February 8, 2013
CME Group Inc. raised margin requirements on its yen contracts as part of its normal review process of changes in volatility to ensure adequate collateral coverage.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
October 3, 2012
The Federal Reserve’s promise to hold borrowing costs at record lows into 2015 risks a loss of its credibility and a downward spiral in financial markets, according to the Center for Financial Stability.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
August 15, 2012
The Federal Reserve has been accelerating purchases of more newly issued Treasuries as part of its maturity-extension program while primary dealers’ willingness to offer securities to the central bank ebbs.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
June 28, 2012
Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said economies and their financial markets take decades to normalize after the havoc of a debt crisis, making U.S. securities still the safest bet for investors.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
May 31, 2012
Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said the lower quality of sovereign debt represents a threat to the global monetary system.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 16, 2012
Money-market derivative traders expect the U.S. central bank will lift its target rate for overnight loans a year earlier than Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s pledge of late 2014.
