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The U.S. gave an election-eve commitment to “carefully calibrate” its budget retrenchment amid global warnings that a rush of austerity would harm the weak world economy.
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China’s shift toward a stronger exchange rate may alter the shape of the world economy’s expansion more than its speed, economists said.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve will restart its emergency currency-swap tool by providing as many dollars as needed to European central banks to keep the continent’s sovereign-debt crisis from spreading.
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Corporate bond sales surged to $15.9 billion yesterday, the busiest day in almost two months, as the Federal Reserve ’s move to stimulate the economy ignited a rush of issuers tapping credit markets at record-low interest rates.
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The global inflation scare is ending.
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Treasuries fluctuated as the U.S. prepared to sell $16 billion of 30-year securities in the last of three note and bond auctions this week totaling $72 billion.
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Treasury 30-year bond yields approached the lowest level this year as Asian stocks declined amid concern China will further tighten monetary policy to slow growth, boosting demand for the relative safety of U.S. debt.
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The rate banks say they pay for three-month loans in dollars rose for a second day amid lingering concern about the quality of bonds held by lenders amid the European debt crisis.
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Brian Williams burned through $12,000 on rent for a vacant storefront in the historic district of St. Louis where he planned to open a pizzeria after banks refused him a $35,000 loan, forcing him to delay opening by a year.
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Treasuries rose, pushing 10-year note yields below 3 percent for the first time in 2011 after ADP Employer Services reported that U.S. companies added fewer jobs in May than economists forecast.
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