February 15,2018 United States: U.S. CPI Tops Estimates as Apparel Costs Jump Most in 30 Years U.S. consumer prices rose by more than projected in January as apparel costs jumped the most in nearly three decades. The report sent Treasuries and stocks tumbling, as it added to concerns about an inflation pickup that have roiled

 February 09, 2018 United States:  Central Banks Are Telling Markets It's Time to Grow Up It's time for markets to grow up. An important element in the current volatility tantrum is the return of inflation. Last Friday's U.S. payroll report kicked it off, and the struggle at this week's 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury auctions

February 8,2018 United States: Shares fragile, U.S. budget deal puts bonds on defensive World stock markets remained on shaky ground on Thursday as U.S. bond yields crept back towards four-year highs after U.S. congressional leaders reached a two-year budget deal to raise government spending by almost $300 billion. While the deal was a rare display

February 7,2018  United States: U.S. Stocks Sink Most Since 2011 as Rout Deepens: Markets Wrap U.S. stocks plunged the most in 6 1/2 years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking more than 1,100 points, as the equity selloff reached a fever pitch amid rising concern that inflation will force interest rates higher. Treasuries rallied

February 06,2018 United States: U.S. Index Futures Fluctuate After Stock Slump as VIX Crosses 50 U.S. stock-index futures fluctuated after a rout that on Monday sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst-ever point plunge. E-mini futures on the S&P 500 Index expiring in March dropped 0.3 percent as of 7:36 a.m. in New

February 05,2018  United States: Bond Market's Debt-Ceiling Alarm Bell Is Ringing Loud and Clear In the $2 trillion Treasury-bill market, where the U.S. government turns for short-term funding, investors are showing they’re plenty nervous about the approaching deadline to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. With Treasury expected to exhaust its borrowing authority as early as

February 02,2018. United States: U.S. Stocks Drop as Treasury Selloff Gains Steam: Markets Wrap U.S. stocks and Treasuries fell in tandem Thursday ahead of a slew of technology earnings, as the threat of higher rates from the Federal Reserve continued to rattle equity markets coming off their best month since March 2016. The Nasdaq 100

February 1, 2018. United States: Deposit-Shunning Banks Get Big Break as U.S. Eases Leverage Rule Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and State Street Corp. stand to benefit most as U.S. regulators rush to ease a key leverage rule, giving the custody-banking giants room to once again accept deposits they’ve shunned in recent years. The Federal Reserve and the Office

 January 31, 2018. United States: Stocks Tumble, Bonds No Haven as Selloff Worsens: Markets Wrap The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 362 points, helping to send U.S. stocks to the biggest two-day decline since May, while yields on benchmark government bonds touched April 2014 highs as caution crept into markets after one of the best

January 30,2018. United States: Market Euphoria May Turn to Despair If 10-Year Yield Jumps to 3% It’s getting harder and harder to quarantine the selloff in Treasuries from equities and corporate bonds. The benchmark 10-year U.S. yield cracked 2.7 percent on Monday, rising to a point many forecasters weren’t expecting until the final months of