Liz Capo Mccormick
Capital-spending slowdown flashes warning for U.S. growth
NEW YORK - Juiced by President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, business investment helped deliver a robust United States economy in the first half of...
Treasury maintains borrowing, notes outlook for rising needs
NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasury Department said it will maintain the issuance of longer-term debt for the sixth straight quarter at $62 billion...
Bond market to savers: Higher U.S. rates bound to disappoint
NEW YORK - Just because the Federal Reserve is about to raise interest rates, don’t expect savers to benefit.
Over the past six years, it’s...
U.S. bond sentiment worst since disastrous ’09 as Fed shifts
NEW YORK - Get ready for a disastrous year for U.S. government bonds. That’s the message forecasters on Wall Street are sending.
With Federal Reserve...
One hundred years of bond history means bears fated to lose
NEW YORK - If you’re convinced the plummet in yields of U.S. government bonds is an aberration, it may be because you haven’t been...
Unstoppable $100 trillion bond market renders models useless
NEW YORK - If the insatiable demand for bonds has upended the models you use to value them, you’re not alone.
Just last month, researchers...
Fitch says U.S. debt-suspension removes risk of downgrade
NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings said the temporary suspension of the U.S. debt limit removes the near-term risk to the nation’s AAA credit rating.
Agreement...
Gross says recession risk overtaking new normal forecast
NEW YORK - Bill Gross, the manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said the global economy risks lapsing into recession with the pace...
Geithner tells Obama debt expense to rise to record
NEW YORK - Barack Obama may lose the advantage of low borrowing costs as the U.S. Treasury Department says what it pays to service...