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By Emma Charlton, Bloomberg |
January 10, 2013
The euro rose to the strongest since July 2011 against the yen after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the economy should gradually recover and the decision to refrain from cutting interest rates was unanimous.
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By Neal Armstrong and Wes Goodman, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
Economists cut their forecasts for Treasury yields in 2013 to the least since Bloomberg began compiling the predictions as notes were little changed after data showed the unemployment rate was higher than expected.
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By Allison Bennett and David Goodman, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
The yen fell to the weakest level since April 2011 versus the dollar after Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party won Japanese elections yesterday, giving him a mandate to act on pledges of expanded monetary stimulus.
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By Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg |
November 5, 2012
German government bonds rose, pushing two-year note yields below zero for the first time in two months, as Greece prepared for a vote as soon as this week on austerity measures needed to keep the nation in the euro.
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By Stephen Kirkland, Bloomberg |
October 30, 2012
U.S. equity-index futures pared declines as Hurricane Sandy shut equity trading for the longest weather- related interruption since 1888.
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By Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg |
October 19, 2012
Copper traders who a week ago were the most bearish in four months are now the most bullish in a year after economic reports signaled accelerating growth from China to the U.S.
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By John Detrixhe and Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg |
October 12, 2012
The euro climbed for a second day against the dollar and the yen amid speculation Spain is moving closer to requesting a sovereign bailout and unlocking European Central Bank debt purchases.
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By Scott Rose and Olga Tanas, Bloomberg |
October 5, 2012
Russia’s central bank held back from raising interest rates after a surprise increase last month, a pause that may prove brief after inflation quickened past the target range to the fastest in 10 months.
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By Tony C. Dreibus and Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
August 9, 2012
Stockpiles of the biggest crops will decline for a third year as drought parches fields across three continents, raising food-import costs already forecast by the United Nations to reach a near-record $1.24 trillion.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
July 31, 2012
The only three analysts to correctly predict gold’s biggest quarterly slump in four years are now split, reflecting investors’ diverging views on the probability of central banks doing more to shore up growth.
