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By Simon Kennedy and Steve Matthews |
April 16, 2013
The slump in gold may hand activist central bankers more reasons to pursue continued easy monetary policy.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders unexpectedly fell in April for a third month, restrained by rising costs for materials and financing restrictions.
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By Jeanna Smialek |
April 12, 2013
Confidence among Americans fell in April to a nine-month low, which may point to a cooling in consumer spending, the biggest part of the economy.
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By Elizabeth Stanton, Donal Griffin and Hugh Son |
April 3, 2013
Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc., the second and third biggest U.S. lenders, selected new managers to help run the firms’ rates-trading desks.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
March 19, 2013
New U.S. home construction rose in February and building permits climbed to the highest level in almost five years, adding to signs of progress in the housing market that’s helping boost the economy.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
March 18, 2013
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders unexpectedly fell for a second month in March, a sign the residential real-estate market will take time to strengthen.
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By Cheyenne Hopkins and Silla Brush |
March 6, 2013
Lawmakers introduced legislation that would allow more swaps trading to be conducted at banks that have federal insurance.
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By Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
March 6, 2013
The outlook for U.S. business spending is improving as rising earnings, easier credit and pent-up demand prompt companies from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to Chrysler Group LLC and Lowe’s Cos. to expand.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
Just the hint the Federal Reserve would end debt purchases that have supported bond prices sent Treasury yields soaring last month to the highest since April, a reaction that is unwarranted if money markets are a guide.
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By Phil Flynn |
February 28, 2013
If almost on cue and just as I said one day earlier, gas confirmed a major top and we got a wild drop against a back drop of some historic numbers on U.S. oil production!