Bonds

Oh, right.

Big banks reportedly run into resistance with efforts to water down a Volcker Rule provision impacting a $300 billion U.S. loan market.

The $1.7 trillion overnight lending market that seized up during the 2008 financial crisis remains a systemic risk today.

China continues to display an appetite for U.S. government debt, expanding its holdings of Treasurys to a record of $1.317 trillion in November.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday said he's proposing that the state issue $87 million in bonds to help Lockheed Martin land a defense contract for its south Arkansas facility.

Greece goes to the polls Sunday with voters given a tough choice over how to handle the country's debt after six years of recession badly weakened its economy.

The handful of Asian stock markets open for trading on the last day of 2014 mostly rose modestly, led by China which is nearing a 52 percent gain for the year.

Greece's finance ministry says the economy is on track to emerge from a six-year recession this year and grow by 2.9 percent in 2015, though unemployment in the bailed-out country is likely to remain high.

Montana has refinanced building bonds issued in 2005 and 2007 in a move that will save the state $1.64 million in interest.

Puerto Rico's governor has signed the U.S. territory's first balanced budget in more than a decade amid an economic slump that has concerned U.S. investors.

The government says it will sell $67 billion in Treasury securities next week as part of its regular quarterly refunding auctions.

After years of setting high rates for projected investment return rates, public pension funds are taking a more conservative approach.

Detroit has reached a deal with its unsecured bond holders, a development that could serve as an important stepping stone toward a restructuring of the bankrupt city's broken finances.

Puerto Rico’s $3 billion bond sale scheduled to price this week could represent its last opportunity to stave off default as the debt-addled commonwealth initiates much-needed financial reforms.

Ratings companies have downgraded the Latin American country in recent days, warning of a 'materially higher risk of an economic collapse.' 

myRA, the government's new retirement savings vehicle, is touted as being safe but as with any investment product there are always some risks investors need to understand.  

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction, with the rate on three-month bills hitting its lowest level ever and the rate on six-month bills the lowest since mid-July.

Moody's Investors Service is downgrading the credit rating of France, saying the French economy will grow slowly for the rest of this decade while the country's debt remains high.

Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell again in July as China, the biggest foreign owner of U.S. government debt, cut back its holdings.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction to their lowest levels in three weeks.