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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
October 9, 2013
Treasuries fell and rates surged on bills maturing on the Oct. 17 deadline projected for when the U.S. reaches its borrowing capacity as investors avoided the securities with the risk of default rising.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
September 11, 2013
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross reduced holdings of Treasuries and other U.S.- government-related debt in his flagship fund in August to 35%, the lowest level since March.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
July 16, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields touched a more than one-week low amid speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will seek to damp investor expectations of a reduction in stimulus when he speaks to Congress tomorrow.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
July 3, 2013
Treasuries fell from the highest level in a week as a private report showed U.S. employers added jobs and unemployment claims fell, boosting speculation the Federal Reserve may cut its asset-purchase program this year.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
July 1, 2013
Treasuries traded in the narrowest range in almost two weeks as a measure of U.S. factory employment dropped last month to the lowest in almost four years, even as manufacturing rebounded.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields reached seven-week highs as speculation the Federal Reserve may consider tapering its record bond-purchase program crimped demand for the securities as equities indexes traded at record levels.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
April 29, 2013
Federal Reserve policy makers may shift discussion away from when to reduce monetary stimulus, given data showing the economy is weakening, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Mohamed A. El-Erian.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
March 15, 2013
Treasuries rose for the first time in three days after an unexpected decline in a gauge of U.S. consumer confidence cast doubt over the strength of the recovery in the world’s biggest economy.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
March 5, 2013
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said the yen is likely to weaken to 100 per U.S. dollar on concern stimulus measures by the Bank of Japan will debase the currency.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
March 1, 2013
Treasuries rose for a second day, with 10-year yields headed for the biggest weekly drop since September, as $85 billion of spending cuts that threatened to slow the world’s largest economy are set to be triggered.
