Bond Market
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Is the stock market open on Columbus Day? NASDAQ, NYSE closed Oct 13?
Daylight saving time and Halloween are often front-of-mind in October, but Columbus Day 2025 is Monday, Oct. 13, a federal…
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Rachel Reeves looks for extra headroom in budget to insulate UK economy against bond market | Budget
Rachel Reeves is aiming to create more “headroom” against her fiscal rules in November’s tax-raising budget, to cushion the UK…
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U.S. market outlook: Embracing the certainty of uncertainty
Equity markets in Europe and Canada were also bolstered by expanded domestic fiscal spending to countervail the negative impacts of…
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Bond returns likely to be less influenced by duration in future
Bond market returns have been dominated by duration in recent years, but this may be a less significant factor going…
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Japan’s Bond Yields Climb As Rate Hike Bets Grow
What’s going on here? Japan’s 10-year government bond yield climbed to 1.7% for the first time since 2008, with traders…
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Treasury Yields Stay Quiet As Shutdown Stalls Market Moves
What’s going on here? After Congress missed its September 30 funding deadline, the US government went into shutdown, freezing key…
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Oil prices fall as Israel and Hamas strike a rare truce, calming markets after months of unrest
Wall Street is taking a pause as U.S. stocks and even the price of gold make only modest moves near…
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Bonds approved for Charlotte and Fayetteville
Charlotte, North Carolina, buildings in 2012. Charlotte plans to issue a $200 million short-term, variable-rate bond. Bloomberg News North Carolina’s…
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Spike in Refis, Triggered by Small Dip in Mortgage Rates, Fizzled. Demand for Mortgages to Purchase Homes Still in Deepfreeze
Mortgage rates are still higher than before the rate cuts started over a year ago. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The average…
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Munis firm slightly out long; supply/demand imbalance remains
Municipals were a touch firmer out long Wednesday, as U.S. Treasuries were little changed. Equities ended up. The two-year muni-UST…
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