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By Mark Deen, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
The French economy fell back into recession, increasing pressure on President Francois Hollande to adopt policies to revive growth.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 15, 2013
Bubble talks about bonds and stocks have surfaced as have the concerns that the Fed will taper off its QE program sooner than expected. Strength in physical gold demand has countered the gold-backed ETF outflows.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders improved in May for the first time in five months as buyers rush to take advantage of near record-low mortgage rates.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Industrial production declined in April by the most in eight months, reflecting broad-based cutbacks in U.S. manufacturing that show factories will provide little support for the economy.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Pratish Narayanan |
May 15, 2013
The dollar index rose to the highest level in more than nine months amid speculation policy makers may curb stimulus.
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By Craig Stirling, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
Greece won an upgrade by one level from Fitch Ratings, which cited the country’s progress in rebalancing the economy and bringing its deficits under control.
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By Daniel Kruger and Liz Capo McCormick |
May 12, 2013
Wall Street’s biggest bond dealers are forecasting that the U.S. Treasury will reduce the size of its debt auctions in coming months.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
May 10, 2013
U.S. stocks advanced, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rallied for a third straight week, amid optimism that the U.S. economy is improving amid central-bank monetary stimulus.
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By Toni Hansen |
May 10, 2013
Next week has a number of important reports on tap for traders including Retail Sales, PPI and Industrial Production.
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By Jennifer Ryan and Ian Katz, Bloomberg |
May 10, 2013
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said European policy makers are still falling short in efforts to revive their economy, intensifying pressure on them to further ease their budget-cutting.
