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By John Detrixhe and Matt Robinson, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
The global bond market disagreed with Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s more often than not this year when the companies told investors that governments were becoming safer or more risky.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
December 13, 2012
Treasuries fell for a third day as a decline in U.S. unemployment-insurance claims and a gain in retail sales sapped demand at the government’s auction of $13 billion of 30-year bonds.
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By Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
December 12, 2012
The dollar fell against the euro after the Federal Reserve added to its monetary-stimulus program by announcing plans to buys more Treasuries, renewing concern the measures will debase the U.S. currency.
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By Joseph Stuber |
December 12, 2012
Whether politicians come to an agreement over the fiscal cliff or not, there will be costs associated either in the short-run or the long-run. So, what's the best course of action in this "catch-22?"
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By Steve Matthews and Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
December 12, 2012
American companies are poised to put idle cash to work as demand rebounds in 2013 after spending slumped amid the slowdown in China and Europe’s recession.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year yields to a two-week high, as investors sought higher-yielding assets and the Federal Open Market Committee began a two-day meeting amid forecasts it will decide to buy more bonds to spur the economy.
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By Ian Katz |
December 3, 2012
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's pragmatism amid the most recent financial crisis may offer clues to the solution that will ostensibly avoid the looming fiscal cliff.
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By Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
November 30, 2012
Congressional Republicans dug in to fight President Barack Obama’s plan to skirt the fiscal cliff, rejecting his tax-and-spending proposal as the president heads out today to sell it to the American public.
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By Glenys Sim, Bloomberg |
November 29, 2012
Copper supply shortages will extend into the first half of next year as an accelerating Chinese economy more than doubles the pace of growth in global consumption even as mines extract a record amount of metal.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
November 27, 2012
U.S. stocks fell for a second day and Treasuries rose as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said budget talks in Washington have made little progress.
