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By Scott Hamilton and Jennifer Ryan, Bloomberg |
May 9, 2013
The Bank of England left its stimulus program unchanged as officials assess recent signs of strength in the economy after it returned to growth in the first quarter.
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By Svenja O’Donnell, Bloomberg |
March 20, 2013
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said the forecast for U.K. economic growth this year was cut by half as he lowered corporation tax and set out an updated central-bank remit to aid Britain’s recovery.
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By Stephen Kirkland, Inyoung Hwang and Leslie Picker, Bloomberg |
February 8, 2013
Stocks and commodities rose as Europe’s leaders reached a budget agreement, China’s trade expanded more than estimated and companies posted better-than- forecast earnings. Spanish bonds gained and the yen rallied.
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By Susanne Walker and Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
February 8, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields traded close to a two-week low as efforts to trim the European Union budget added to concern the region’s economy will struggle to expand, boosting demand for safer assets.
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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 Ambereen Choudhury, Elisa Martinuzzi and Kevin Crowley |
November 1, 2012
London’s attempt to maintain its financial muscle while boycotting Europe’s move toward a banking union risks isolating the city from its major trading partners.
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By Lindsay Fortado and Kitty Donaldson |
September 27, 2012
U.S. investigators conducting a criminal probe of interest-rate manipulation have asked their British counterparts for permission to interview London traders.
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By Lindsay Fortado and Kitty Donaldson, Bloomberg |
September 27, 2012
U.S. investigators conducting a criminal probe of interest-rate manipulation have asked their British counterparts for permission to interview London traders.
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By Caroline Salas Gage |
August 9, 2012
It was ultimately up to the British to deal with the manipulation of Libor, as only three of the 18 banks that set the London interbank offered rate are based in the U.S.
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By Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
August 8, 2012
The euro weakened against its most-traded counterparts as a drop in German industrial production, lower U.K. growth forecasts and ratings cuts for Spain and Italy raised concern Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis is worsening.
