World Bank should add disaster clauses to debt agreements, Yellen says
[1/2]U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers her speech at the U.S embassy to France, ahead of the Global Climate Finance conference, in Paris, France June...
Yellen to push for concrete actions at Paris debt summit
June 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will press world leaders to take concrete actions at a summit this week on easing the...
Shares rise, Treasury yields fall as US jobless claims surge
US shares rise, European shares flat Treasury yields fall, jobless claims hit over 1-1/2-yr high Some bond investors reprice rate expectations after Canada surprise Turkey’s...
Risks lie ahead for US credit standing after tentative debt ceiling deal
NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) – News of a debt ceiling agreement still leaves uncertainties on the U.S. credit outlook, analysts said, in addition to...
US corporate debt binge could be hard to sustain
NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) – Large U.S. companies have been on a bond issuance binge but this rapid pace in supply may be hard...
The end of King Dollar? The forces at play in de-dollarisation
[1/2] A picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) – Rivalry with...
Cost of insuring against U.S. default rises to highest since 2009
LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) – The cost of insuring against a U.S. default rose to its highest since early 2009 on Thursday, in the latest...
Gold gains on economic risks with US inflation in focus
U.S. inflation data due at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday Equities fall on Chinese data and U.S. debt limit worries Platinum up more than 3%...
Europeans drain billions from banks, fed up with shrinking savings
LONDON/DUBLIN, May 4 (Reuters) – European savers are pulling more of their money from banks, looking for a better deal as lenders resist paying up...
How a US debt crisis standoff could cause a recession – a bad one
WASHINGTON, May 3 – A fight between Republicans and Democrats over the debt limit ceiling could send the U.S. economy into a recession even if...