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Clouds are Forming over the US Bond Market

by Jeff Sommer | Jul 8, 2017 | Business

New York- The US bond market is flashing warning signals that bad times may be ahead for the stock market and the economy. That is probably not what most people want to hear — stock investors especially. In the first half of the year, after all, stocks have performed...

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Janet Yellen of the Federal Reserve during a June news conference, as reflected in a specialist’s screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. CreditRichard Drew/Associated Press

Can We Ignore the Alarm Bells the Bond Market Is Ringing?

by Neil Irwin | Jul 15, 2016 | Business

The financial media tend to report breathlessly about what the stock market did yesterday. But savvy economic analysts have always known the bond market is the place to look for a real sense of where the economy is going, or at least where the smart money thinks it is...

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Police search for evidence at the entrance to the Bank of Greece after a booby-trapped car exploded there on April 10, 2014 in Athens. (AFP Photo/Louisa Gouliamaki)

Greece returns to bond markets with a bang

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2014 | Business

Athens, AP—Buoyant Greek officials hailed the country’s return to the international debt market after four years as an overwhelming success on Thursday, with investors snapping up the five-year bond in a sale that was eight times oversubscribed. The finance...

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An EU and a Greek flag fly in front of the ancient Parthenon temple, in Athens, on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece to end its bond market exile on Thursday

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2014 | Business

London and Athens, Reuters—Greece, at risk of crashing out of the euro zone just two years ago, will issue its first sovereign bond in almost four years on Thursday, seeking to send a strong political and economic signal it is on the way out of its debt crisis....