Stocks were mostly lower on Tuesday for a second straight session as the dollar strengthened and oil prices declined in late trading, eroding earlier gains in the energy sector.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 60.09 points, or 0.53 percent, to 11,346.75. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index declined 9.85 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,213.40. [...]
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Markets Fall for a Second Day as the Dollar Improves
November 9th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Tags: commerce department, Dow Jones Industrial, economic indicators, economy recovery, Global Economy, loans, real estate investment, stock market
more...Gold Drops From Record as Dollar’s Climb Cuts Investors’ Demand for Haven
November 8th, 2010 by Financial Writer
Gold for immediate delivery declined as the dollar strengthened, paring investors’ demand for the metal as an alternative to currencies. Silver reversed a fall to climb to the highest price since March 1980.
Spot gold dropped for the first day in four, losing as much as 0.4 percent to $1,403.65 an ounce before trading at $1,407.35 [...]
Tags: economic, economists, exchange rates, gold price, inflation, loans, money, precious metal, us economy, us stocks
GLOBAL ECONOMY-Global anger swells at U.S. Fed actions
November 5th, 2010 by Financial Writer
* China tells U.S. trade targets smack of central planning
* German finance minister says Fed policy “clueless”
* China tells U.S. trade targets smack of central planning
* Merkel to address U.S. money policy at G20 summit
* Obama says U.S. global economic leadership at risk (Recasts first paragraph; adds comments by Brazil’s Meirelles, Fed’s Bernanke, details throughout)
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Tags: central bank, economic recovery, Global Economy, money, stock market, us economy, us stocks
Fed to buy $600 billion in bonds in effort to boost economic recovery
November 3rd, 2010 by Financial Writer
The Federal Reserve escalated its efforts to get the U.S. economic recovery back on track Wednesday, again entering the realm of risky and untested policy in response to the worst downturn in generations.
The plan to pump $600 billion into the financial system is designed to stimulate the economy in large part by lowering mortgage and [...]
Tags: economic recovery, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, financial system, money, mortgage market, unemployment rate
China’s Stocks Drop as Banks, Developers Fall on Rate Concern
November 2nd, 2010 by Financial Writer
China’s stocks fell for a second day after government officials said they would take further steps to control inflation after raising interest rates last month.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. and developer China Vanke Co. paced declines among financial stocks after the central bank said it will intensify the use of price tools to [...]
Tags: Asian stocks, bank of china, Chinese economy, economic, economic growth, economy recovery, financial markets, interest rates, loans, us economy
ET in the classroom: Quantitative Easing II
November 1st, 2010 by Financial Writer
What is quantitative easing II?
The term became fashionable post the global economic crisis in 2008, following which most governments across the globe had to pump in huge amount of liquidity in the markets to tide over the crisis. Quantitative easing is the process of infusing money into the system by creating ‘new money’ and eventually [...]
Tags: central bank, economic crisis, economic recovery, economy recovery, Federal Reserve, financial system, Global Economy, stock prices, us economic, us stocks
China Day Ahead: U.S. Says Rare Earth Isn’t a Threat; Global Trade Balance
October 31st, 2010 by Financial Writer
The U.S. Defense Department has concluded that China’s monopoly on rare-earth materials, used in military hardware such as missile guidance and radar systems, poses no threat to national security, according to a person familiar with a year-long study by the Pentagon.
The report notes that rising prices and supply uncertainties are spurring private investment in new [...]
Tags: Chinese economy, inflation, loans, money, stock prices
Fed expected to make big bond buy; what will impact be?
October 28th, 2010 by Financial Writer
The Federal Reserve next week is expected to give the economy the equivalent of a B-12 shot.
But many economists question whether it will be enough to perk up a listless recovery. Others say it ultimately will lead to rampant inflation.
Based on its signals since August, the central bank Wednesday will likely announce a new round [...]
Tags: economic growth, economy recovery, financial markets, Global Economy, homeowners, inflation, interest rates, loans, money, mortgage lenders, stock market
Inflation Bonds Are Sold With Negative Yield for First Time
October 25th, 2010 by Financial Writer
At a time when savers complain that they are earning almost no interest from their bank accounts, some investors on Monday bought United States government bonds that effectively had negative rate of return.
Bizarre as it sounds, that is correct. In an auction of a special kind of five-year Treasury bond, investors paid $105.50 for every [...]
Tags: borrowers, commerce department, financial crisis, inflation, interest rates, investors, loans, money, us stocks, us treasury
China Fear of Echoing Post-Plaza Japan Limits `Hyundai Accord’
October 21st, 2010 by Financial Writer
China’s reluctance to deliver “shock therapy” through a faster appreciation of the yuan may be a bid to avoid repeating history: Japan’s.
As Group of 20 finance chiefs begin talks today in Gyeongju, South Korea, China is deflecting foreign pressure to fast-track the yuan’s gains after limiting them to about 2 percent against the dollar since [...]
Tags: bank of japan, China, economic growth, g20, Global Economy, interest rates, World Financial