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By Frank Holmes |
June 11, 2013
Given this rising interest rate environment, we wondered how gold, oil and other commodities, as well as energy and materials stocks have historically performed. With a hot economy, will we see hot commodities?
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By Marc Nemenoff |
June 11, 2013
Sept. Bonds are currently 10 lower at 138’19. This market has broken sharply since early Friday morning after the monthly Employment Report, which had the bonds as high as 141’11 up slightly reacting to a small uptick in the unemployment rate.
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By Daniel Kruger and Anchalee Worrachate, Bloomberg |
June 10, 2013
For the first time since 2009, U.S. bond yields are rising at the same time inflation is slowing, providing a cushion for investors in Treasuries whether or not the Federal Reserve slows the pace of its debt purchases.
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank needs to begin cutting back on its unprecedented asset purchases and move toward stopping them altogether.
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By Cordell Eddings and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
Treasuries fell after U.S. payrolls increased in May more than forecast even as the jobless rate unexpectedly rose, keeping alive speculation the Federal Reserve may slow its bond-buying under quantitative-easing stimulus.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
The dollar remained lower against the yen after a report showed employment growth was more than forecast last month while the jobless rate unexpectedly increased, spurring speculation the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulus programs.
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By Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
The Federal Reserve says it will keep buying bonds until the labor market has “improved substantially,” without defining the phrase. Officials may have adopted a threshold nevertheless, say two former Fed economists.
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By Jeanna Smialek and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
June 6, 2013
Payroll gains averaging 80,000 a month will be enough to keep the U.S. jobless rate steady over the next couple of years as aging baby boomers retire and population growth slows, according to research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
June 5, 2013
The economy expanded at a “modest to moderate” pace in 11 of 12 Federal Reserve districts, with broad-based gains ranging from business services to construction and manufacturing, the central bank said today.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
June 5, 2013
U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a one-month low, as jobs and factory data missed estimates and investors speculated whether the Federal Reserve will taper bond purchases.
