NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. interest rates futures rose on Friday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will do what it can to preserve the longest U.S. economic…
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Rising trade tensions revive bets on deep U.S. rate cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. interest rates futures rallied on Friday as rising trade tensions between China and the United States revived bets the Federal Reserve may lower key borrowing costs by…
U.S. rates futures gain on China’s tariff, Fed’s Bullard
FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. interest rates futures rose on Friday, erasing their…
U.S. rates futures slip ahead of Powell’s speech
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. interest rates futures declined on Friday for a third straight day ahead of a highly anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, which traders will scour…
As bond e-trading takes off, debt sales business may be ripe for automation
LONDON (Reuters) – With banks’ bond trading desks increasingly going electronic, another of the last bastions of old-school banking – the business of helping companies and countries raise capital – may be…
Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd warns world bond markets are in a ‘bubble’
(Reuters) – The bond market is in a “bubble,” particularly sovereign debt, Guggenheim Partners global chief investment officer Scott Minerd warned on Thursday, and he said that efforts by the Federal Reserve…
Column: U.S. Medicare readies new plan-shopping website, but timing prompts concerns
CHICAGO (Reuters) – (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) FILE PHOTO: Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules are arranged in the shape of a U.S. dollar sign…
Sovereign investors’ dislike for equities mostly fades in second quarter
LONDON (Reuters) – Sovereign wealth funds’ distaste for equities mostly faded in the second quarter, with some investors turning to emerging- market passive equity funds, data from the research firm eVestment showed…
U.S. money fund assets hit highest since October 2009: iMoneyNet
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. money market funds amassed their highest level of assets since October 2009 as investors shift cash into low-risk products amid worries about a global economic slowdown and…
Moneysaving 101: Four ways to cut college textbook costs
(The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) FILE PHOTO: Books are piled-up in this illustration photo September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters)…