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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
Payrolls decreased in 26 U.S. states in March, showing the recent labor-market slowdown is being felt across the country. Jobless rates also dropped in 26 states last month.
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
April 18, 2013
The index of U.S. leading indicators unexpectedly declined in March for the first time in seven months, a sign the world’s largest economy will cool.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
April 17, 2013
Global stocks fell amid losses in industrial metals and disappointing earnings from Bank of America Corp. and others. The euro weakened as Germany’s central bank chief Jens Weidmann reportedly said European policy makers may cut rates if needed.
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By Debarati Roy and Joe Richter, Bloomberg |
April 17, 2013
Investors are dumping gold funds at the fastest pace in two years in favor of equities, compounding a slump that has wiped $560 billion from the value of central bank reserves.
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By Lindsay Fortado and Jim Brunsden |
April 16, 2013
Regulators will seek to eliminate conflicts leading to manipulation of benchmark lending rates while investigations into Libor fixing continue.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Commodities fell to a nine-month low, led by the worst plunge in gold since 1980, and global stocks slid the most since June as China’s economic growth unexpectedly slowed and investors speculated hedges against inflation were unneeded.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Hedge funds and other speculators added to bullish gold bets as the metal slumped into a bear market and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. warned the retreat is accelerating after the longest rally in nine decades.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Craig Torres and Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg |
April 10, 2013
Banks including Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., along with congressional staff members and trade groups, received potentially market-moving Federal Reserve information 19 hours before the public.
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By Matthew Leising |
April 9, 2013
The ISDA has hired consulting firm Oliver Wyman to make recommendations on how to modify its interest-rate swap pricing process.
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By Matthew Leising |
April 8, 2013
The CFTC reportedly has issued subpoenas as part of an investigation into possible price manipulation of interest-rate swaps.
