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Fed's Lockhart says circumstances not ripe for QE3
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy needs "measured" efforts to bolster growth, but the central bank should focus on improving its communications because circumstances do not warrant further bond buying at this time, a top Federal Reserve official said on Monday.
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart said the central bank's policy panel should push forward with efforts to give the public and financial markets a better understanding of how it would react to incoming information on the economy.
"Circumstances today in the United States call for continued measured efforts to quicken the pace of recovery and shrink unemployment, while keeping inflation controlled," Lockhart said in a speech prepared for delivery to the Institute of Regulation and Risk, North Asia, in Tokyo.
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Asia Session: Wen Steals The Spotlight From The G8 Summit
The dollar and the yen were lower across the board as Chinese Premier Wen spurred hopes of more growth stimulating measures from Beijing. At the same time, equity markets were lifted by the risk-on sentiment, but gains were limited by lingering fears about a possible Greek exit from the euro.
Furthermore, the G8 summit over the weekend failed to provide any guidance for investors, with those in attendance simply repeating well used comments about keeping the Eurozone intact and ensuring Greece doesn’t fall off a cliff. It now appears the countries in attendance are renewing calls for the larger and healthier Eurozone nations, like Germany, to assist their struggling neighbour countries, which comes at a time when debt markets appear to be questioning the health of Italy and Spain. Yet, ...
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Euro zone fears propel dollar, global shares in red for year
The U.S. dollar climbed, world shares fell and German borrowing costs hit record lows on Friday as a deepening Spanish banking crisis, uncertainty about Greece's future in the euro zone and lackluster U.S. data provoked a rush for safe-haven assets.
World stocks, as measured by the MSCI index, .MIWD00000PUS dropped 0.85 percent and are now below where they began the year, having relinquished all their first quarter gains which were fuelled by the European Central Bank's creation of more than a trillion euros of three-year money.
That rally is now a distant memory as an ugly week for stock markets looked likely to end even uglier.
Across the board, riskier assets from commodities such as gold and oil and currencies like the euro and the Australian dollar were all heading for big weekly ...
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Oil drops $1 on U.S. stockbuild, Greece; WTI hits 6-month low
Oil fell more than $1 on Wednesday, with the U.S. benchmark dropping to a more than 6-month low, as a larger-than-expected rise in crude stocks in the United States and fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone muddied the outlook for demand growth.
Investors are worried about the demand for oil as a prolonged political crisis in Greece may push Europe into a deeper financial mess at a time when China is slowing and the U.S. economy remains fragile. Yet, limited spare capacity and fears of a supply disruption have put a floor under prices.
Brent crude slipped $1.39 to as low as $110.85 a barrel by 2:42 a.m. EDT, declining for four out of the past five sessions. U.S. oil fell $1.68 a barrel to $92.30 after earlier slipping to $92.13, the lowest since November 3.
"A further $2-$3 fall is ...
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Oil falls $1 on rise in U.S. stocks, economic woes
Oil prices fell more than $1 on Wednesday as a larger-than-expected rise in crude stocks in top consumer United States and fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone muddied the outlook for demand growth.
Investors are worried about the demand for oil as a prolonged political crisis in Greece may push Europe into a deeper financial mess at a time when China is slowing and the U.S. economy remains fragile. Yet, limited spare capacity and fears of a supply disruption have put a floor under prices.
Brent crude slipped as low as $111.20 a barrel and traded at $111.25 by 0318 GMT, sliding for four out of the past five sessions. U.S. oil fell $1.23 a barrel to $92.75, the lowest since December 19.
"A further $2-$3 fall is acceptable under current conditions," said Tetsu Emori, a Tokyo-based ...
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U.S. Trade Deficit Widened in March
U.S. Trade Deficit Widened in March
-The US trade deficit was $51.8 billion in March 2012, which was larger than the expected $50.0 billion shortfall; February's gap was revised to $45.4 billion from $46 billion.
-Exports rose 2.9% in March and imports jumped by 5.2%.
-The widening in the trade gap in March was in line with that assumed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Recent data showing that inventory growth and construction spending were less than assumed by the BEA, however, raise the prospect that the growth rate will be nudged lower than the 2.2% pace originally reported. The prospect of the US economy growing at a faster pace in the second quarter of 2012 remains intact. The US economy continued to generate jobs in April, albeit more slowly than forecasters ...
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Job-creating foreign investment in U.S. lags
(Reuters) - Foreign investment in the United States is ebbing and beefing it up is critical for economic growth as each job at a foreign company's U.S. unit supports three others, the Organization for International Investment said on Thursday.
A complex U.S. tax code and increasing global competition are curbing business development here by foreign companies. That trend is worrisome because foreign firms generally pay salaries to U.S. workers that exceed the industry average. This type of foreign investment, in turn, drives up employment and consumer spending.
"The global investment pie around the world has been getting larger, but our slice of that pie has been getting smaller as well as the share of GDP that foreign investment in the U.S. represents," Nancy McLernon, president and ...
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Contending With Greece And Spain
Risk assets continue to get sold today and the back-drop remains fragile. The leader of the radical left Syrizia party in Greece has two days to try to form a government, thus expect anti-austerity/ anti bailout rhetoric to continue to come out of Athens today. It appears that Tsipars – the head of Syrizia - wants to hold new elections to try and win the premiership. This only extends the uncertainty about Greece remaining in the Eurozone, which spooked risk assets yesterday.
Spanish banks
That isn't the only thing that investors need to contend with. The Spanish bond market is pricing in the risk of the government needing to bail out its banking sector, hence why its bond yields are flying higher this morning. The 10-year yield has risen nearly 25 basis points so far today and is back ...
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Brent slips on Greece jitters, high U.S. oil stocks
(Reuters) - Brent crude slipped towards $112 on Wednesday, on track for its longest losing streak in almost two years, as political uncertainty in the debt-laden euro zone and rising oil stocks in the United States revived worries about fuel demand.
In Greece, a highly fractured parliament struggled to cobble together a coalition, with the Leftist candidate for prime minister opposing a bailout deal crucial to the economy. This stoked fears about whether the euro zone would be able to pull itself out of a debt crisis, weighing on equities and commodities across the board.
Brent crude was down 50 cents to $112.23 a barrel by 03:29 a.m. EDT (0729 GMT), dropping for a sixth straight session, its longest losing streak since the middle of 2010. Brent settled at $112.73 on Tuesday, the lowest ...
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