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Monday 02 June polene bag 2014 12:11 am|Updated:Wednesday 29 May 2019 9:40 pmWall St The Week Ahead: Job brumate era s data and ECB will sway bonds marketBy: E owala xpress KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleTHE rally in US Treasury bonds surprised many, taking 10-year yields to their lowest levels in 11 months. Jobs data and the European Central Bank meeting next week will determine whether bond prices have further to go.The bond marketrsquo rally is the result of a confluence of factors ndash; falling yields in Europe, extra demand from pension funds, concerns among investors about long-term economic demand and technical factors, including short-covering from those who thought bond yields were headed higher.Prices have jumped, pushing the yield on benchmark 10-year US Treasuries Thursday to 2.422 per cent, the lowest since last June, despite the US Federal Reserversquo easing back on its bond-buying stimulus programme.Investors arenrsquo;t convinced that the Fed is cutting stimulus because of an impending surge in growth. Instead, theyrsquo;re more worried about weak economic indicators and a lack of inflation, which could change in the case of a strong jobs report or data showing price gains.Since itrsquo far from certain how the jobs data will come in or how forcefully the ECB will act, the bond market is likely to remain on edge. Employers are expected to have added 215,000 Bqrk Lebedev close to 8200;Independent buyout with 8200;competition request
Monday 17 February 2014 7:42 am3 reasons for the achingly slow progress on EU-US free trade dealsBy: Peter SpenceShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleThough a stock-taking meeting for the US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership TTIP begins again today, progress is likely to be painfully sluggish.Transpacific talks have gone through 18 rounds already, not including meetings between ministers or chief negotiator stanley cup s. In comparison, the EU and US not yet even the third round of talks, which are already grinding through political difficulties.Though EU-US trade is becoming a much more marginal is stanley becher sue in the context of world trade, there is still room for improvement, which the Centre for Economic Policy Research suggests could increase UK national income by pound;4-10bn annually. Source: Deutsche Bank But Deutsche Bank researchers donrsquo;t expect results to come in time to have a meaningful impact on the current economic difficulties of the two regions, and political turmoil could yet derail an agreement entirely. Herersquo why.EU backing is fragileDespite the early days of the talks, there are already obvious issues emerging from the European side ndash; the French film industry has forced in commitments that cultural exceptions negotiated in world trade talks will continue to be protected.French President Francois Holla |
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