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By Phil Flynn |
March 15, 2013
Natural gas surged to a 15-month high inspired by a bullish supply report from the EIA. While many attribute the surge in demand to all of the cold weather, just below the surface something much more significant is going on.
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By Jeanna Smialek and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank probably will press on with its asset purchases as contained inflation expectations give it time to continue the quantitative easing.
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By Steve Matthews and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
February 21, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said U.S. unemployment may drop to 6.5% by the middle of next year and prompt the central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate from near zero.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
February 21, 2013
From South Dakota to Ohio, farmers are preparing to plant the most corn in almost eight decades after drought ruined record U.S. harvests predicted by the government.
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By Jeff Wilson |
February 20, 2013
From South Dakota to Ohio, farmers are preparing to plant the most corn in almost eight decades after drought ruined record U.S. harvests.
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
February 14, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said central bank stimulus has been ramped up this year with the decision to increase outright bond purchases to $85 billion a month and that a growing balance sheet could be complicated to unwind.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
February 14, 2013
The worst U.S. drought since the 1930s is shrinking a cattle herd that’s already the smallest since 1952 and signaling tighter beef supplies and higher costs for restaurant owners.
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
February 13, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said signs of more stability in U.S. fiscal policy, the housing market and the global economy will probably help fuel economic growth in 2013.
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By Lu Wang and Leslie Picker, Bloomberg |
February 11, 2013
U.S. stocks fell after a six-week rally left the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index trading at its most expensive valuation since July 2011.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
February 7, 2013
Dry weather and shipping delays in South America are boosting demand for soybeans from the U.S., the world’s largest grower and exporter, and producing the tightest inventories in almost five decades.
