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By Stefan Riecher, Bloomberg |
May 13, 2013
Euro-area data this week will probably reveal economic scars of the sovereign debt crisis confirming that the region is now suffering the longest recession since the single currency’s creation.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 1, 2013
Oil is backtracking and the outside markets seem to suggest that the Federal Reserve will have to do the same. Oil prices are trying to balance weak manufacturing data out of China versus today's Fed decision.
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By Phoebe Sedgman |
April 30, 2013
Copper retreated after the biggest monthly loss since May last year as China’s manufacturing expanded at a weaker pace in April.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Cecile Vannucci, Bloomberg |
April 22, 2013
U.S. equity volatility rose the most in almost four months last week after unexpectedly slow growth in China and a selloff in commodities triggered the biggest stock-market drop since November.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
April 16, 2013
Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since July on signs economic growth will slow, curbing demand. West Texas Intermediate oil was little changed before a report that may show a U.S. supply gain.
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By Bloomberg News |
April 15, 2013
China’s economic growth unexpectedly lost momentum in the first quarter as gains in factory output and consumption weakened, driving stocks and commodities lower on concern global expansion will slow.
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By Bloomberg News |
April 9, 2013
Fitch Ratings Ltd. cut China’s long-term local-currency debt rating, citing increasing risks to the country’s financial stability given the lack of transparency in the increased borrowing of local governments.
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By Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
March 5, 2013
Service industries in the U.S. expanded in February at the fastest pace in a year, indicating executives of the biggest part of the economy were looking beyond the division in Washington over the nation’s budget.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Sarah Pringle and Moming Zhou, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average within 40 points of a record, amid optimism the Federal Reserve will continue to provide monetary stimulus.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
March 1, 2013
Treasuries rose for a second day, with 10-year yields headed for the biggest weekly drop since September, as $85 billion of spending cuts that threatened to slow the world’s largest economy are set to be triggered.
