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By Cheyenne Hopkins |
April 25, 2013
U.S. House derivatives legislation designed to roll back some Dodd-Frank Act requirements will face resistance from Senate Democrats.
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By Silla Brush |
March 20, 2013
U.S. House lawmakers may advance legislation that would give banks greater ability to trade swaps overseas.
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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 Austin Kiddle |
January 25, 2013
The gold futures shot up to a recent high of $1,697.80 on Jan. 17 during New York hours, but are now trading 1.64% below that level. Several reasons are offered for the weakness.
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By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg |
January 4, 2013
Fresh from one budget fight, President Barack Obama and Congress are heading for an even bigger confrontation over raising the nation’s debt limit.
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By Austin Kiddle |
January 2, 2013
Analysts are split on the outlook for gold price this year. Based on the World Gold Council's data, overall gold demand in the first three quarters in 2012 fell about 8% year-on-year.
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By Richard Rubin, Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
January 2, 2013
The U.S. House passed a bill undoing income tax increases for more than 99 percent of households, giving a victory to President Barack Obama even as Republicans vowed to fight him in coming week.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
December 13, 2012
Treasuries fell for a third day as a decline in U.S. unemployment-insurance claims and a gain in retail sales sapped demand at the government’s auction of $13 billion of 30-year bonds.
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By Julie Hirschfeld Davis |
November 7, 2012
American voters, seeing glimmers of a recovery, defied history last night and handed President Barack Obama a second chance despite a still-struggling economy.
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By Toni Hansen |
July 14, 2012
A number of key reports are on tap this week, including the CPI, housing data and leading economic indicators.
