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By Brendan Murray and Scott Lanman, Bloomberg |
April 5, 2013
After watching Ben S. Bernanke take unprecedented steps for four years to rebound from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the Bank of Japan is signaling that the Federal Reserve’s full-throttle approach to stimulus is the way to end 15 years of deflation.
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By Lu Wang and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
September 7, 2012
U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index poised for its biggest weekly gain since June, amid bets on central bank stimulus as American payrolls increased less than projected.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
June 19, 2012
Builders in the U.S. broke ground on fewer homes than forecast in May as a slump in the construction of apartments swamped a pickup in single-family houses.
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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
June 18, 2012
Managed funds added to their bullish commodity positions as mounting speculation that central banks will announce more economic stimulus halted a slide in prices and drove gold to its longest rally since August.
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By Jon Nadler |
April 13, 2012
Yesterday’s “Fedspectations” turned down a notch as market participants had somewhat bigger news this morning; specifically, the story out of China that there has been a sharper-than-expected slow-down in that country’s economy.
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By Cheyenne Hopkins and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said Europe has made significant progress to achieving steady growth and he doesn’t expect more Fed efforts to buffer the U.S. from the region’s debt crisis.
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By Cordell Eddings and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
March 9, 2012
Treasuries fell for a third day as U.S. payrolls increased by more than 200,000 for the third straight month, adding to speculation the Federal Reserve will avoid more monetary stimulus as the recovery builds momentum.
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By Susanne Walker and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
March 5, 2012
Treasuries fell after an index of U.S. service industries grew at its fastest in a year, renewing bets the economic recovery is taking hold, and as Greece said it expected private creditors to accept its debt-swap terms.
