European stock markets have been tumbling all week over fears of the damage a Greek exit from the euro zone could do to the single currency and even the European Union. Yet through it all, Germany's borrowing costs keep going down—so much ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Treasury prices gained on Friday, retracing some of the prior session’s decline, though bonds are still down for the week.
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — So much for the bond vigilantes riding in to punish France for electing an austerity-bashing Socialist to the presidency.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar rose on Friday, remaining on pace to end a fourth straight week of gains that has taken the greenback to its highest level since 2010.
MADRID (MarketWatch) — Spanish government bonds tumbled Friday, sending yields higher, rattled by reports that one of Spain’s autonomous regions has asked for assistance from the government because it can’t get debt financing from the ...
MADRID—Bankia SA is planning to ask for €19 billion in financial support from the Spanish government, people familiar with the situation said Friday, in what would represent the largest bank bailout in the country's history.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks languished between modest gains and losses Friday, with Wall Street largely fixated on Spain, where regional banks are struggling with finances and yields that reflect the government’s borrowing costs ...
Europe's leaders talk. A lot. (Our leaders here in the U.S. aren't any better, but that's another story.) All of Europe's leaders got together this week, in a room, with a hundred-year storm lashing the windows. What did they do?
German bond yields are falling. As fears among investors mount of a Greek exit from the euro, and concerns grow about the deteriorating financial health of many other European countries, investors are pouring their money into the perceived ...
It's quiet out there today. Stocks are little changed, the euro is perched (precariously, but perched) around $1.25 and benchmark 10-year Treasury notes continue to hover near record lows. Unless something earth shattering drops out of ...
NEW YORK—U.S. Treasury prices rose as investors opted to head into the long holiday weekend with their money in the safe-haven bond market. The market rounds out the session early at 2 p.m. EDT and will remain closed Monday for Memorial Day. ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — For the first time, the two-year German bond yield may dip below zero, a rare occurrence in the global fixed-income universe and one that flags growing fears over the future of the euro zone.
Drug makers and a better-than-expected reading on U.S. consumer sentiment helped European stock markets end a choppy session with small gains.
MADRID—The head of Spain's Catalonia region Friday called for the central government to accelerate plans to share responsibility for regional debt because of increasing difficulties they face to finance themselves, while stressing his ...
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