This report presents and discusses a dozen key bullet points for the Treasury market, and indirectly, stocks. Here are the first 5. Suddenly Treasury supply…
Extended free summary excerpt The massive $50 billion Treasury bill paydown that the dealers and other holders received on April 16, augmented by a much…
This is an extended excerpt from the Professional Edition Fed Report Executive Summary. Note: Pages 4-10 comments correctly updated at 3:55 PM NY time. The…
The markets got a gift in the week just ended, but they couldn’t do much with it. The Treasury paid down a whopping $50 billion…
The composite liquidity indicator edged higher last week, continuing a slow but steady uptrend. In February and March, the indicator had accelerated upward away from…
The composite liquidity indicator was virtually flat last week, for a second week, on a mixed performance in its components. In February and March, the…
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A full trading day after the release of the Fed minutes has brought us some reasonably significant changes in market levels. S&P –1.5%, Gold – 3.5%, Crude –1.5%. Apparently, the confirmation that it is on hold surprised the market. (link)
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The market managers ginned up some bogus bad economic news this week and were able to push Treasury yields down. The actual, not seasonally manipulated…
Last updated: October 28, 2011 2:39 pm
Italy’s borrowing costs soar at debt sale
By Guy Dinmore in Rome and Rachel Sanderson in Milan and David Oakley in London
Italy issued 10-year debt on Friday but paid the highest price since joining the euro as…