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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.
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By Alex Kowalski |
April 25, 2013
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to a six-week low, a sign the labor market is improving after a setback last month.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
Treasuries rose for the first time in three days amid speculation the start of $85 billion in automatic federal spending reductions tomorrow will choke off the recovery in the world’s biggest economy.
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By Rainer Buergin and Joseph de Weck, Bloomberg |
February 20, 2013
German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed attempts to manipulate exchange rates, saying the present value of the euro against the dollar is within the currency’s normal range.
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By John Detrixhe and Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
February 6, 2013
The euro fell toward a one-week low versus the dollar as European Central Bank policy makers prepared to meet tomorrow amid political and banking turmoil that threatens to renew the region’s sovereign-debt crisis.
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By Patrick Donahue, Bloomberg |
February 6, 2013
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government dismissed calls by French President Francois Hollande to steer the euro’s exchange rate, saying currencies should be determined by the market and not managed.
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By Scott Rose, Ryan Chilcote and Ilya Arkhipov, Bloomberg |
January 21, 2013
Russia’s central bank is resisting calls to cut interest rates, sparking a “huge argument” with the government over priorities as economic growth slumps, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said.
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By Ari Altstedter, Bloomberg |
January 16, 2013
The Canadian dollar fell against most of its major peers as government officials in Russia and Japan criticized monetary policies that have devalued major currencies in an attempt to spark economic growth.
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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 Nandini Sukumar |
October 11, 2012
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., which is competing with Europe’s two biggest futures exchanges, has hopes for more than 10 percent market share in its first year of operation.
