Bonds

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.

The Treasury Department releases federal budget data for August at 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday.

U.S. stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday after a late rebound in China encouraged traders.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week after a sharp drop the previous week, as global markets continued to whipsaw amid economic disruption in China and uncertainty over Federal Reserve interest-rate policy.

U.S. and global stock markets were recovering in early morning trading Wednesday after a sharp sell-off a day earlier.

Puerto Rico's power company says it has reached a deal with a group of bondholders to restructure an agency that holds more than $9 billion in debt.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills jumped in Monday's auction, rising to their highest levels in several weeks.

Emboldened by a deal with international creditors to write down part of its debt, Ukraine is asking Russia for lower gas prices for the winter season.

U.S. stocks moved higher in early trading Wednesday after slumping for six straight days amid concern about a slowing Chinese economy.

Congress' official budget analyst is projecting a federal deficit for this year of $426 billion.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills dropping to their lowest level since late July.