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Treasurys lost most of their early gains Thursday as stocks recovered from a sharp morning drop on improving economic data.The 10-year note (10_YEAR) yield, which moves inversely to price, was down half of a basis point at 2.037%. The benchmark note yield had been down as much as 5 basis points on the day, helping pare back a 10-basis-point rise on Wednesday.The 30-year bond (30_YEAR) yield was down 1 basis point to 3.212%, while the 5-year note (5_YEAR) yield was down slightly at 0.902%.U.S. equities opened lower and hit triple-digit losses before cutting back to narrow losses late Thursday morning.U.S. data released on Thursday continued to paint a picture of a slowly improving economy. Weekly-jobless-claims data Thursday showed the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 to 340,000, beating the estimates of Wall Street economists surveyed by MarketWatch. That cut into the Treasury rally, but still left government debt prices higher on the day.New home sales a...
A top U.S. central bank official sought to reassure financial markets that the Federal Reserve was not in a hurry to start winding down its economic stimulus as inve...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereU.S. stock-index futures joined a global selloff Thursday after an unexpected contraction in China's manufacturing sector added to...
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tighte...
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tighte...
The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting...
Share markets fell sharply on Thursday as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of unexpected weakness in China's economy and signals...
The Federal Reserve's policy of asset purchases is still the most effective way to provide additional monetary stimulus when interest rates are close to zero, and th...
The Federal Reserve's policy of asset purchases is still the most effective way to provide additional monetary stimulus when interest rates are close to zero, and th...
By Michael AroldGoing into May, US stocks are trading at all time high. The last two months have been quite unusual. As I wrote in my March report , negative sentime...
Singapore's economy took an unexpected turn higher in the first quarter of the year as a rally in financial markets buoyed the city-state's banking sector.Gross dome...
President Anibal Cavaco Silva thanked Portugal's patron saint for a long-delayed approval of Lisbon's bailout review last week, but the head of state could claim a s...
The central bank has approved Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.'s (MBT.PH) 3-for-10 stock dividend, Metrobank said on Thursday.The country's second-largest lender by ass...
Treasurys were beneficiaries of investors' flight to safety on Thursday as global stock markets posted sharp losses, but lost most of their gains as the day wore on....
U.S. stocks dropped in Thursday morning trade after Japanese equities dived overnight, as global markets reacted to weak Chinese manufacturing data and worries about...
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives HereU.S. stocks remained stuck in the red Thursday morning amid jitters about China's economy and Fed policy, but the markets bounced ...
An activist investor pushing for a breakup of UBS AG (UBS) will meet with a top executive of the Swiss bank next week, according to a person familiar with the situat...
Copper futures retreated Thursday on worries about demand after data showed the manufacturing sector in top consumer China shrank this month.The most actively traded...
Manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector's most sluggish rate of grow...
A year after Argentina seized the local business of Spanish oil firm Repsol , there seems little prospect of a quick deal on compensation despite signs that both sid...
