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Dollar Falls Most in a Week Versus Yen after Fed Rate report
July 8th, 2014
The dollar fell the most in more than a week against the yen as investors gauge the timing of Federal Reserve interest-rate increases after reports showing a strengthening jobs market. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose earlier after Goldman ...
Gold Below $1320 as Speculation Shifts to U.S. Rates
July 8th, 2014
Gold fell on Monday as the dollar firmed on speculation over an earlier-than-expected hike in U.S. interest rates following strong job data, which dented investment demand for the metal. Gold has been under pressure since data on Thursday showed ...
Central Banks Testing Limits of Monetary Policy
July 8th, 2014
The world’s major central banks are returning to a more opaque and artful approach to policymaking, ending a crisis-era experiment with explicit promises that they found risked their credibility and did not substitute for action. From Washington to London ...
Top banks face wait for detail of new buffer to protect against bailouts
July 8th, 2014
According to a global banking regulator, details of a new buffer of bonds to shield taxpayers from having to rescue a big bank won’t become clear for at least a year or more. Lenders like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank ...
Goldman Sachs Brings Forward Rate Forecast as Treasuries Drop
July 7th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. brought forward its forecast for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates after U.S. employers added more jobs than forecast, sending five-year Treasuries lower for a fourth day. The Fed will increase its benchmark in ...
Gouging the Gauchos
July 2nd, 2014
Like individuals, corporations, and other private firms that rely on bankruptcy procedures to reduce an excessive debt burden, countries sometimes need orderly debt restructuring or reduction. But the ongoing legal saga of Argentina’s fight with holdout creditors shows that ...
ESMA: Short guide for retail investors
July 1st, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a short guide for retail investors explaining the impact of the changes to be made in investor protection under the MiFID II reform. It highlights some of the most important ...
Ex-Jefferies Trader Deserves 9-Year Sentence, U.S. Says
July 1st, 2014
Ex-Jefferies & Co. Managing Director Jesse Litvak, who was convicted earlier this year of fraud in the trading of mortgage-backed securities, should be sentenced to nine years in prison, the U.S. said. Litvak was convicted in the only criminal ...
Emerging Stocks Advance as Oil Declines While Europe Stoc
June 30th, 2014
Emerging-market stocks rose, extending the biggest quarterly advance since September 2012. Shares in Europe fell, while oil declined as continuing violence in Iraq failed to disrupt supply. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (BUSY) climbed 0.4 percent at 7:25 a.m. ...
BIS warns over ‘Euphoric’ capital markets
June 30th, 2014
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that “euphoric” financial markets have become detached from the reality of a lingering post-crisis malaise, as it called for governments to ditch policies that risk stoking unsustainable asset booms. While the ...
