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By Lucy Meakin and John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
February 4, 2013
The euro fell the most in two weeks against the dollar as Italian and Spanish bonds slumped amid political turmoil in the euro-area’s third- and fourth-largest economies, damping demand for the shared currency.
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By Futures Staff |
February 1, 2013
Stormy in more ways than one, 2012 was a rough year. Here is our tongue-in-cheek look back over its defining events.
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By Ari Altstedter, Bloomberg |
January 22, 2013
The Canadian dollar traded at almost the lowest level this year against its U.S. counterpart as the Bank of Canada is projected to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 1% in a decision tomorrow.
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By Josiane Kremer, Bloomberg |
January 18, 2013
Norway’s financial regulator and central bank have received e-mails since 2010 from bankers outside the country alleging that interbank lending rates were being rigged.
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By Rita Nazareth and Sarah Pringle, Bloomberg |
January 17, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a five-year high, amid better- than-forecast initial jobless claims and housing data.
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By Maria Kolesnikova, Bloomberg |
January 17, 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co. led lending to commodities companies for a third consecutive year even as global financing to the industry fell to the lowest since 2010.
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By John Detrixhe and Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
January 11, 2013
The yen reached the weakest since June 2010 versus the dollar after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government said it will spend 10.3 trillion yen ($116 billion) in new stimulus efforts that tend to weaken a currency.
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By Rita Nazareth and Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
December 13, 2012
U.S. stocks fell, halting a six-day rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as the standoff in federal budget negotiations overshadowed a drop in jobless claims and growth in retail sales.
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By John Detrixhe and Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
December 4, 2012
The euro strengthened for a fifth day versus the dollar on speculation European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels will make further progress in their efforts to stem the debt crisis.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
November 29, 2012
Treasuries erased losses after Republican House Speaker John Boehner said “no substantive progress” has been made in talks to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, boosting demand for haven assets.
