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NEW YORK, March 7- Commodity futures and options were the only derivatives that saw growth in trading volumes last year, the World Federation of Exchanges said, amid what analysts said was a weak U.S. market after the MF Global and Peregrine broking scandals.
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HONG KONG, March 8- Foreigners have raised their investment in Indonesia's government bond market to record levels this year, giving the country the benefit of the doubt for now as the lure of returns too attractive to ignore offset increasing risks.
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WASHINGTON, March 7- Individual investors fled U.S. municipal bonds in 2012, pulling a record $238.1 billion out of the market in the final quarter of the year, according to Federal Reserve data released on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, March 7- Banks have been complaining bitterly about new laws to sort out their industry, even though they were blamed for playing a part in the credit meltdown. JP Morgan Chase& Co, Citigroup Inc, Barclays Plc, Deutsche Bank AG and others have built new trading systems specifically to handle this complicated process.
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*Bank of England holds back on more stimulus. NEW YORK, March 7- Prices for U.S. This is not a sign of a slowly growing economy, "said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York.
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*Bank of England holds back on more stimulus. NEW YORK, March 7- Prices for U.S. What's likely to drive the market today is definitely the initial claims, "said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak& Co. Llc in New York."
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*ECB, Bank of England leave rates on hold. LONDON, March 7- European shares shed some of their recent gains and the euro inched up slightly on Thursday after the central banks of Europe and the UK kept interest rates unchanged. The single currency rose 0.4 percent to $1.3036 while Britain's pound, which had hit a 2-1/ 2 year low below $1.50, rose to $1.5050.
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NEW YORK, March 7- U.S. stock index futures rose slightly on Thursday, ahead of data on the jobs market due later in the morning, with investors poised to push the rally to new highs.
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LONDON, March 7- Investors pulled $5.6 billion from gold exchange-traded products in February after poor performance by the yellow metal, but appetite for riskier, growth-oriented industrial metals ETPs remained intact.
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PARIS, March 7- European stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday with stock indexes hovering around multi-year highs hit in the previous day, although gains could be limited ahead of the European Central Bank meeting. At 0702 GMT, futures for the Euro STOXX 50, for Germany's DAX and for France's CAC were up 0.2 percent.
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WASHINGTON, March 7- The amount of outstanding U.S. municipal bonds dropped slightly in the fourth quarter of 2012, to $3.714 trillion from $3.719 trillion in the third quarter, according to Federal Reserve data released on Thursday.
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*Bank of England holds back on more stimulus. NEW YORK, March 7- Prices for U.S. The data came a day after a report showed unexpectedly strong hiring "This is not a sign of a slowly growing economy," said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York. "
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TOKYO, March 7- Japanese government bond prices eased on Thursday, with longer-dated debt underperforming ahead of an auction of 30- year bonds the following day and after data showed robust jobs growth in the U.S. private sector.
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WASHINGTON, March 6- The top U.S. derivatives regulator sided with the CME Group Inc in a row over client data on Wednesday, a decision which could lead to a contentious lawsuit by a rival firm.
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*China wealth fund president warns Japan over weakening yen. TOKYO, March 7- The Bank of Japan is likely to keep monetary policy unchanged on Thursday, holding fire to wait for new leaders who are expected to usher in bolder measures to try to end nearly 20 years of mild deflation.
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TOKYO, March 7- The Bank of Japan is likely to keep monetary policy unchanged on Thursday, holding fire to wait for new leaders who are expected to usher in bolder measures to try to end nearly 20 years of mild deflation.
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*U.S. private sector adds 198,000 jobs in February. *10- year yields at highest in more than a week. NEW YORK, March 6- U.S.
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Even amid declining stock market correlation, active managers are still having a tough time staying competitive.
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*U.S. private sector adds 198,000 jobs in February. *10- year yields at highest in more than a week. NEW YORK, March 6- U.S.
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*U.S. private sector adds 198,000 jobs in February. NEW YORK, March 6- Prices for U.S. "I would not say we're headed toward a robust pace anytime soon, but I do think it's encouraging that the economy seems to be gathering a little more steam," said Russell T. Price, senior economist with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc in Troy, Michigan.