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By Jeff Wilson |
February 20, 2013
From South Dakota to Ohio, farmers are preparing to plant the most corn in almost eight decades after drought ruined record U.S. harvests.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
February 4, 2013
Stocks tumbled the most this year and the euro slid while Spanish bond yields surged amid renewed concern about Europe’s debt crisis. U.S. Treasuries rose, while oil fell after the longest stretch of weekly gains since 2004.
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By Steve Matthews and Caroline Salas Gage, Bloomberg |
January 30, 2013
Since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in September began a third round of asset purchases aimed at lowering interest rates and spurring growth, bond yields have climbed. The trend may signal that his program is working.
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By Joshua Zumbrun, Jeff Kearns and Catarina Saraiva, Bloomberg |
January 29, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s latest round of bond buying will reach $1.14 trillion before he ends the program in the first quarter of 2014, according to median estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
January 25, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s unprecedented bond buying pushed the Fed’s balance sheet to a record $3 trillion as he shows no sign of softening his effort to bring down 7.8 percent unemployment.
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By Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
January 18, 2013
House Republicans plan to vote next week on a three-month extension of U.S. borrowing authority in an effort to force the Democratic-led Senate to adopt a budget plan.
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By Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg |
January 17, 2013
Cargill Inc., the largest U.S. beef processor, will idle a Texas processing plant after the size of the cattle herd fell to a 60-year low and years of drought increased feed costs. Cattle futures dropped.
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By Wes Goodman and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
January 14, 2013
Shinzo Abe is set to become the best friend of investors in Treasuries as Japan’s prime minister buys U.S. government bonds to weaken the yen and boost his nation’s slowing economy.
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By Naureen S. Malik, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
Natural gas futures advanced for a second day in New York on speculation that colder weather will help erode a surplus of the heating fuel.
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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.
