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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Treasury 10-year note yields traded at almost a three-week low as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said inflation would remain in check as he renewed a pledge to sustain stimulus after the U.S. expansion gains strength.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke renewed a pledge to sustain record stimulus even after the U.S. expansion gains strength, while saying policy makers don’t expect the economy to remain weak through 2015.
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By Shobhana Chandra and Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Weakening demand is forcing new and accelerated cost reductions at companies from Bank of America Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to Staples Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co., dimming the outlook for an already struggling U.S. labor market.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
October 1, 2012
Tommy Kent Crouch recalls that his first futures trade was in pork bellies and caused him to lose the down payment on the house for which he and his wife were saving.
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By Aki Ito and Joe Carroll, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said policy makers must not be passive in the face of high U.S. unemployment, firing back at critics of the Fed’s decision this month to step up record stimulus.
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By Susanne Walker and Anchalee Worrachate, Bloomberg |
September 26, 2012
Treasury 10-year notes rose for an eighth day, the longest run of gains since December 2008, as investors sought safety with Spanish debt yields climbing toward levels that prompted other European nations to seek bailouts.
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By Michael P. Regan and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
September 25, 2012
U.S. stocks sank, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest loss in three months, amid concern that global stimulus measures won’t be enough to boost growth.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
September 25, 2012
U.S. hog farmers are slaughtering animals at the fastest pace since 2009 as a surge in feed costs spurs the biggest losses in 14 years, signaling smaller herds next year and a rebound in pork prices.
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By Silla Brush |
September 22, 2012
A CFTC commissioner says the agency is overreaching in its Dodd-Frank Act rulemaking, undermining efforts to provide certainty to the swaps market.
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By Nicholas Larkin and Whitney McFerron, Bloomberg |
August 31, 2012
Corn and soybean traders extended their longest bullish outlook in at least 11 months on speculation rain in the U.S. will come too late to revive crops after the worst drought in a half century.
