Bond traders scour US jobs data for clues on Fed's rate planUS bonds edged higher in early trading Friday after ending October with their worst monthly performance in two years. With the election and...
02 Nov, 2024, 07.53 AM IST
US stocks open higher as July inflation report cements rate-cut betsWall Street's main indexes saw gains on Wednesday, buoyed by data showing U.S. inflation moderated. This reinforced expectations of a Feder...
14 Aug, 2024, 07.31 PM IST
US stock indexes end up; Nasdaq, S&P 500 hit record highs on payrolls dataAccording to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 29.67 points, or 0.54%, to end at 5,566.69 points, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 163....
06 Jul, 2024, 09.59 AM IST
Megacaps push Nasdaq, S&P 500 to record highs after payrolls dataMajor tech stocks like Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Apple surged to record highs, driving the information technology sector to an all-time ...
05 Jul, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Yen gives up ground vs dollar following surge on suspected interventionThe dollar was 0.9% higher at 155.98 yen as of 0100 GMT, retracing about half of its late Wednesday surge from around 157.55 to exactly 153...
02 May, 2024, 07.54 AM IST
US Treasury yields climb further following inflation dataU.S. Treasury yields ticked up on Wednesday following Tuesday's higher-than-expected consumer price inflation for February, raising concern...
13 Mar, 2024, 09.09 PM IST
Powell has bond traders right where he wants them: Full of doubtIt’s a scenario — evident in part through split futures positioning — that gives the Fed chair and his colleagues leeway to quickly adjust ...
28 Aug, 2023, 08.17 AM IST
Bond market's twin fears: US debt default, hike in rateAnother wild card: the fitful negotiations in Washington over raising the debt limit to avoid a potentially catastrophic default as soon as...
22 May, 2023, 06.04 AM IST
'Powell's curve' plunges to new lows, flashing US recession warningThe Fed - which has embarked on one of its most aggressive rate hiking cycles in decades to defeat inflation over the past year - has forec...
07 Apr, 2023, 10.27 AM IST
Investors brace for another week of turmoil as mad March endsVolatility gripped global markets again Friday as Deutsche Bank AG became the latest lender to draw scrutiny from investors, and as US Trea...
27 Mar, 2023, 06.19 AM IST
Wait 10 seconds, lose $1 million in markets rocked by volatilityAll of which makes one thing crystal clear: In a market made more volatile by post-2008 regulations that curbed trading by Wall Street bank...
18 Mar, 2023, 10.41 AM IST
Stocks, bonds tumble as stellar US jobs report may force Fed rethinkThe MSCI index of global shares fell 0.3%, having hit its highest level since August on Thursday in a rebound buoyed by optimism that centr...
03 Feb, 2023, 08.17 PM IST
US bond market flouting inflation looks more vulnerableThe broader bond market is also signaling that a Federal Reserve policy rate peak short of 5% will be enough to cause a recession, requirin...
23 Jan, 2023, 06.23 AM IST
Bonds rallying back from brutal year show power of higher ratesThe selloff that hit investors with record-setting losses during the first 10 months of the year also brought a stark end to an era of rock...
05 Dec, 2022, 05.55 AM IST
Euro hits three-month high, Italy's bonds rally as ECB ramps up stimulusThe euro rallied to three-month highs at $1.1328 and was last up 0.75% on the day.
04 Jun, 2020, 08.30 PM IST
For two dollar bears, the only question is how to play the slideThe Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index is down 2.6% in 2018, extending last year’s 8.5% slide.
05 Mar, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
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