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By Sholom Sanik |
May 20, 2013
The month of May started out on a strong economic footing, and the Treasury market began what would be a multi-week selloff. On May 15, the first of the bad headlines hit the wires. Now what for U.S. 30-year bonds?
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
May 17, 2013
The index of U.S. leading indicators climbed in April, a rebound from March that suggests the world’s largest economy may be poised for further expansion.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 17, 2013
As inflation is low and equity markets are rising, gold-backed ETP investors have been rotating out of gold. The SPDR Gold Trust holdings dropped to a four-year low to 1,041 metric tons yesterday.
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By Toni Hansen |
May 10, 2013
Next week has a number of important reports on tap for traders including Retail Sales, PPI and Industrial Production.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
May 10, 2013
Attention is now firmly focused on Chinese and Indian demand for gold, which between them is absorbing all non-Asian mine supply. Chinese net purchases of gold totaled 320.54 tonnes in the first quarter 2013.
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By Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
May 9, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said unemployment will probably fall to 7% at the end of 2013 and he would favor reducing the Fed’s $85 billion monthly pace of bond purchases next month.
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By Toni Hansen |
April 12, 2013
Traders have a number of reports to watch next week, including CPI, housing starts and the Fed's Beige Book.
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By Caroline Salas Gage and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
March 11, 2013
When Ben S. Bernanke asserted last month that the Federal Reserve doesn’t ever have to sell assets, he raised questions about how the central bank can withdraw its record monetary stimulus without stoking inflation.
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By Toni Hansen |
February 18, 2013
This week, the markets will move to the tune of new housing market data, inflation reports and leading economic indicators.
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By Toni Hansen |
January 13, 2013
Traders will have a number of reports to digest this week, including inflation data, retail sales and housing reports.
