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GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar slips on weak U.S. data, stocks flat
Reuters* Dollar retreats from gains against euro and yen * Equity markets decline on soft housing, labor market data * Bond prices rise on data, Brent oil edges higher By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Global equity markets traded slightly lower and...Tags: S&P 500, Foreign Exchange Market, Hewlett-Packard Co., Unemployment Benefits, Consumer Confidence
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COMMODITIES-Most markets fall, weak US data prompts demand worry
Reuters* Gold falls for sixth sessions, first time in four years * Oil gains as dollar drops after soft U.S. economic readings * U.S. drought shrinks, may be too late for some wheat crops By Carole Vaporean NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Most commodity markets...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Natural Disasters, Commodity Markets, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry
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COLUMN-QE and the portfolio puzzle: James Saft
Reuters(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By James Saft May 16 (Reuters) - Quantitative easing may well be pushing investors to hold more cash rather than risk assets, blunting its impact as monetary policy. Known as the...Tags: Credit Ratings, Government Debt, Bonds
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Fed's Rosengren blasts U.S. government spending cuts
Boston HeraldIncreased spending cuts and tax increases in the United States have weakened the country's outlook for near-term economic growth, and heightened the risk that inflation expectations could fall and real interest rates could rise, according to Boston...Tags: National Government, Economy, Politics, Economic Policy, Government
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ANALYSIS: No revolution as Sir Mervyn minds the shop
Evening Standard, LondonSir Mervyn King invoked "that most famous of all central bank governors", Che Guevara, at his valedictory press conference yesterday, but you'd struggle to find much that smacked of revolution in his last inflation report. The Bank of England Governor...Tags: Executive Branch, England, Finance, Politics, Government
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Fed's Raskin: Too soon to judge if recent Fed action working
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy faces an important drag from fiscal policy and remains a long way from full health, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Thursday, warning it was premature to judge the impact of the Fed's latest action to spur...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Judges, Unemployment, Economy
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COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland
ReutersBy Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...Tags: Productivity, Book, Authors, Finance, Newspaper and Magazine
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Column: Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?
ReutersSAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity, particularly between those at...Tags: Journalism, Productivity, Book, Newspaper and Magazine, Authors
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EDITORIAL: Ties with ASEAN
The Korea Herald, Seoul / Asia News NetworkSEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) -- Japan's rightwing political leaders, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have raised the ire of neighboring countries with acts and remarks denying Tokyo's pre-1945 wartime atrocities. Abe recently exacerbated the angry...Tags: Trade Dispute, Seoul (South Korea), Finance, Media Industry, Park Geun-hye
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Moody's: Stable outlook for M'sian banking
The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Asia News NetworkPETALING JAYA (The Star/ANN) -- Leading provider of credit ratings, research and risk analysis, Moody's Investors Service has maintained its stable outlook for the Malaysian banking system for the next 12 to 18 months in its most recent Banking System...Tags: Malaysia, Moody's Corporation, Media Industry, Finance, Credit Ratings
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Cooling prices, falling imports highlight euro zone's malaise
Reuters* Euro zone annual inflation down to 1.2 pct in April * Bloc's trade surplus widens to 22.9 bln euros in March By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Falling prices in Germany and France pulled euro zone consumer inflation to a three-year low...Tags: European Central Bank, Foreign Exchange Market, Energy, France, Commodity Markets
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Yuan ends down for second day, but capital inflows imply near-term strength
Reuters* Data shows capital continues flowing into China heavily * Abundance of dollars means yuan has room to rise further * PBOC fixes slightly weaker midpoint on dollar rally * Having guided yuan to slew of record highs By Lu Jianxin and Pete Sweeney...Tags: People's Bank, Foreign Exchange Market, Beijing (China), Central Bank, China
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