The Canadian dollar strengthened
against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday to its highest in two
weeks, posting the biggest rise among its peers, as oil prices
rallied and ahead of speech on Thursday ...
U.S. Treasury yields on Wednesday ticked up modestly after the publication of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January policy meeting showed committee members were undecided on whether to hike interest rates again this year.
Treasury prices and yields were left mixed Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting showed officials divided over future rate hikes but in favor of bringing the unwind of the central bank's balance sheet to an end later this year. The yield on 10- year Treasury note rose 0.3 basis point to 2.648%, while the 2- year yield was marginally lower at 2.495%. The 30- year Treasury bond yield was up 1.1 basis points to 3%.
By Jenny Strasburg and Gretchen Morgenson. Deutsche Bank AG (DB) racked up a loss of $1.6 billion over nearly a decade on a complex municipal-bond investment that it bought in the runup to the 2008 financial crisis, and failed to confront head-on even as markets were upended and regulations tightened. The loss, which hasn't previously been reported, represents one of Deutsche Bank's (DB) largest ever from a single wager-- roughly quadruple its entire 2018 profit-- and ranks as one of the...
The U.S. bond market's barometers of investors' inflation outlook remained at higher levels on Wednesday following the release of the minutes from the Jan. 29-30 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank's policy-setting body.
The Canadian dollar strengthened
on Wednesday to its highest in two weeks against the greenback,
posting the biggest rise among its peers, as global stocks were
boosted by hopes of progress in trade ...
Treasurys hovered around the flatline ahead of the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting. The yield on the benchmark 10- year U.S. Treasury note last traded at 2.641%, according to Tradeweb, compared with 2.645% Tuesday.
The Treasury yield curve steepened on Wednesday morning ahead of the publication of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January policy meeting at which the committee expressed "patience" in raising interest rates.
* MSCI EM stock index rises 1 percent. * China's yuan up as U.S. seeks currency stability pledge. * S.Africa's rand dips ahead of budget. By Susan Mathew. Emerging market stocks jumped on Wednesday encouraged by some progress in China-U.S. trade talks, while currencies firmed as minutes of the last U.S. Federal Reserve meeting due later are expected to reiterate the bank's dovish stance.
* Cyprus sells 15-year debt, in longest bond sale. * Cypriot bond yields fall, 5-year bond yields down 20 bps. * Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr. By Dhara Ranasinghe.
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