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published Mar 27th 2017, 11:16 am, by Elizabeth Stanton (Bloomberg) — Treasuries rose Monday, extending last week’s gains, amid rising doubt that the Trump administration will be able to deliver on initiatives including tax cuts after failing to win House approval for health-care reform. Yields were lower by two to

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published Jan 12th 2017, 3:06 pm, by Jeremy Herron (Bloomberg) —Treasuries climbed, while the dollar slumped with U.S. stocks on speculation post-election market moves went too far, with investors awaiting corporate earnings and fresh economic data for clues on the economy’s strength. Selling in the dollar and equities eased in

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©2016 Bloomberg News O4F1FH6TTDV2 (Bloomberg) — BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager, says investors should pare their Treasury holdings because the U.S. will avoid a recession. “Economic indicators this week may show the U.S. economy experienced a mild slowdown but is not headed for a recession,” Richard Turnill, the global

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©2015 Bloomberg News NXVSJ66K50XW (Bloomberg) — Treasuries rose as investors sought the safest securities following the shootings and bombings in Paris. U.S. equity index futures declined, with contracts on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropping 0.5 percent, after Europe’s worst terror incident in more than a decade left at

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©2015 Bloomberg News NQRZ0I6TTDS6 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks halted a nine-quarter winning streak and European equities capped the worst three months since 2012 as Greece hurtled toward an uncertain financial future. Treasuries clinched the first quarterly retreat since 2013 with the Federal Reserve poised to raise interest rates this year.

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