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By Susanne Walker and David Goodman, Bloomberg |
May 10, 2013
Treasuries fell, with 10-year note yields climbing to the highest level in five weeks, as signs the U.S. economy is improving amid central-bank monetary stimulus sapped demand for U.S. debt.
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By Joseph Ciolli and John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
May 9, 2013
The yen weakened beyond 100 per dollar for the first time in four years as the Bank of Japan’s deflation-fighting measures have the currency headed for its longest streak of monthly losses in almost two decades.
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By Alexis Xydias and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Capitulating bears and overseas buyers are drowning out every other concern for American stocks, pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to successive records even after the biggest drop in Treasury yields since June.
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By Lu Wang and Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
April 12, 2013
Metals and energy sank, sending a gauge of commodities to an eight-month low and extending a slump that Citigroup Inc. said may mark the “death bell” for the four-year rally in materials.
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By Joseph Ciolli and John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
The dollar gained versus the yen to the highest level since 2009 as U.S. employers added more jobs than forecast last month, boosting optimism the economy is withstanding higher taxes and lower government spending.
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By Will Hadfield and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
Treasury yields and the dollar jumped as faster-than-forecast growth in American jobs bolstered optimism in the world’s largest economy.
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By John Brinsley, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
The Bank of Japan may pack a bigger punch under Haruhiko Kuroda, an opponent of deflation who ran the nation’s currency policy and then built an international reputation leading the Asian Development Bank.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Sarah Pringle, Bloomberg |
February 20, 2013
U.S. benchmark stock indexes tumbled from five-year highs while oil, gold and silver led commodities lower as minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting showed policy makers debated the risks and benefits of bond purchases.
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By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Sally Bakewell, Bloomberg |
February 20, 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will ask U.S. President Barack Obama to allow shale gas exports as the world’s third-largest economy grapples with soaring energy costs after 2011’s nuclear disaster closed reactors.
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By Wes Goodman and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
January 14, 2013
Shinzo Abe is set to become the best friend of investors in Treasuries as Japan’s prime minister buys U.S. government bonds to weaken the yen and boost his nation’s slowing economy.
