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By Susanne Walker and Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg |
December 18, 2012
Treasury 10-year yields touched the highest level in seven weeks amid speculation talks are progressing in Washington to resolve a budget showdown that threatens to send the economy into recession.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year note yields toward a five-week high, as investors weighed prospects for a budget deal in Washington and the U.S. prepared to sell $35 billion in two-year notes.
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By Zachary Tracer, Bloomberg |
December 10, 2012
American International Group Inc.’s rescue is coming to an end more than four years after the U.S. took over the company to save the global economy
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By Ian Katz |
December 3, 2012
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's pragmatism amid the most recent financial crisis may offer clues to the solution that will ostensibly avoid the looming fiscal cliff.
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By Austin Kiddle |
November 30, 2012
Analysts' median forecast for 2013 year-end gold price has risen from $1,832 as of end-September to $1,850 currently.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
November 14, 2012
A number of Federal Reserve officials said the central bank may need to expand its monthly purchases of bonds next year after the expiration of Operation Twist, according to minutes of their last meeting.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
October 25, 2012
Orders for U.S. business equipment stalled in September, capping a quarterly slump that signals investment will cool in the second half of the year.
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By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
October 10, 2012
The Federal Reserve said this week that the U.S. economy expanded “modestly” last month, supported by improvements in housing and auto sales, even as the labor market showed little change.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
October 9, 2012
U.S. debt has shrunk to a six-year low relative to the size of the economy as homeowners, cities and companies cut borrowing, undermining rating companies’ downgrading of the nation’s credit rating.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
October 4, 2012
Federal Reserve policy makers said they could change the size of the central bank’s monthly asset purchases to reduce the risks associated with the program, such as disrupting financial markets and spurring inflation.
