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published Dec 15th 2016, 4:23 pm, by Sarah McGregor (Bloomberg) — China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries declined to the lowest in more than six years as the world’s second-largest economy uses its currency reserves to support the yuan. Japan overtook China as America’s top foreign creditor, as its holdings edged

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published Aug 31st 2016, 3:56 pm, by Natasha Doff and Matthew Kalman (Bloomberg) — Emerging-market stocks fell, trimming their third consecutive monthly gain, as declining commodity prices weighed on benchmark gauges in exporting nations from Russia to South Africa and Brazil. A 0.6 percent decline that pushed the MSCI Emerging

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©2016 Bloomberg News O1P0U76TTDTO (Bloomberg) — Treasuries are rallying in January for a third year in a row. U.S. government securities have gained 1.8 percent, based on the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bond Index. They rose 3 percent in January 2015 and 1.8 percent in January 2014, both the best monthly

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©2015 Bloomberg News NR90ZM6KLVR5 (Bloomberg) — U.S. and Australian government bonds fell for a second day as Greece sought a bailout loan, curbing demand for safer assets. Ten-year Treasury prices extended Thursday’s biggest decline in two months after Greece offered creditors a package of reforms and spending cuts, as it

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©2015 Bloomberg News NNFZ9X6K50Y8 (Bloomberg) — Can’t decide where Treasuries are going? The market’s recent performance shows it could go either way. U.S. government securities have swung between gains and losses for five weeks, reflecting uneven growth and Federal Reserve officials who are sending conflicting signals on when they may

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©2015 Bloomberg News NM3SNX6JIJV0 (Bloomberg) — Treasuries tend to rally in the month of April. U.S. government securities have advanced in the period every year from 2010 to 2014, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. One theory for the gain is that Japanese investors are buying as they begin their fiscal year

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