(chattahbox)—A piece in Sunday’s New York Times, paints an alarming picture of the prospect of looming debt repayments that the United States would have to repay under rising interest rates. The US is able to finance the country’s more than …
Read Original Story: US Faces Payment Shock With Looming Debt – ChattahBox
Paul Krugman reads the tea leaves in what looks like the best piece of economic analysis I have read this month. When we do the things we do well, this is the kind of thing we do: Interest rates: the phantom menace: From various bat squeaks I’ve put …
Read Original Story: What the US Long Bond Market Is Telling Us – Seeking Alpha (blog)
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — Treasury futures contracts were little changed, after a rally last week pushed two-year yields to the lowest level in 2009, as the US prepared to sell a record $118 billion of notes in three auctions starting today …
Read Original Story: Treasury Futures Little Changed Ahead of Three Sales This Week – Bloomberg
By Liz Capo mccormick and Daniel Kruger Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — For the first time in seven decades, Treasury bills are paying no interest while stocks continue to appreciate — a divergence in US financial markets that might be perilous if Federal …
Read Original Story: Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment – Bloomberg
For the first time in seven decades, Treasury bills are paying no interest while stocks continue to appreciate — a divergence in US financial markets that might be perilous if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke didn’t know all about 1938. …
Read Original Story: Bills Yielding Zero as Stocks Soar Make 1938 Moment – Forex Factory
AP Troubles on Wall Street terrified investors so that they were willing to stuff money into safe government bonds that got little or no return. NEW YORK — The US is finally becoming a nation of savers. …
Read Original Story: Americans are finally saving more, but are earning less – Houston Chronicle
NEW YORK, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The US government sold $44 billion worth of two-year debt on Monday in a decently bid auction, given the expensive levels prevailing in the Treasury market recently. Overall demand was reasonable, based on the bid-to-cover …
Read Original Story: us 2-yr Treasury auction attracts decent demand – Reuters
Bloomberg offers up an interesting historical parallel to our current situation, in which stocks are soaring, but governmentdebtyields practically nil. For the first time in seven decades, Treasury bills are paying no interest while stocks continue …
Read Original Story: Ben Bernanke's 1938 Parallel – The Business Insider
By Deborah Levine, marketwatch NEW YORK (marketwatch) – Long-term Treasury-bond prices rose slightly on Monday as comments from Federal Reserve officials suggesting that the central bank may need to continue its asset-buying programs and keep interest …
Read Original Story: Treasurys tugged by Fed officials, auctions – Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Nov 23 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates on hold at its current rock-bottom range of zero to 0.25 percent range for an "extended period." However, certain portions of its emergency lending programs were constructed in …
Read Original Story: FACTBOX-The Fed's evolving emergency liquidity toolkit – Reuters
