NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. The Labor Department said the U.S. economy produced just 88,000 new jobs last month- less than half the 200,000 expected in a Reuters poll, and below even the lowest estimate in the survey. "
NEW YORK, April 5- Prices for U.S. The Labor Department said the U.S. economy produced just 88,000 new jobs last month- less than half the 200,000 expected in a Reuters poll, and below even the lowest estimate in the survey. "
NEW YORK, April 5- Major stock markets tumbled, the dollar fell, while Treasury prices rallied on Friday after a much weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report added to fears the U.S. economic recovery was losing steam.
NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. The jobs news when combined with weaker global equity markets, the Bank of Japan's recently announced monetary stimulus program, and escalating tension in the Korean peninsula encouraged investors to buy bonds, pushing yields lower. "
NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. Today's report pushes out the date at which the Federal Reserve may reduce its purchases of securities, "said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist, Investments Group, at Wells Fargo Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
*Bank of Japan steps up asset purchases to boost economy. Treasury debt market rallied on Thursday as investors sought higher-yielding dollar assets after the Bank of Japan said it would step up asset purchases to boost its economy, sending Japanese bond yields to record lows.
*Bank of Japan steps up asset purchases to boost economy. Treasury debt market rallied on Thursday as investors sought higher-yielding dollar assets after the Bank of Japan said it would step up asset purchases to boost its economy, sending Japanese bond yields to record lows.
*New U.S. jobless claims rise to three-month high. NEW YORK, April 4- U.S. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose 28,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 385,000, the highest level since last November, the U.S. Labor Department said.
*New jobless claims rise to three-month high. NEW YORK, April 4- U.S. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose 28,000 to a seasonally adjusted 385,000, the highest level since November, the U.S. Labor Department said.
NEW YORK, April 3- Prices for U.S. We are revising our forecast for March nonfarm payrolls down 40,000 to 160,000, "said Joseph LaVorgna, managing director and chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank Securities. Such views were "bullish for bonds, which are testing the low end of their recent yield range," said Jake Lowery, Treasury trader at ING in Atlanta.
NEW YORK, April 3- Prices for U.S. We are revising our forecast for March nonfarm payrolls down 40,000 to 160,000, "said Joseph LaVorgna, managing director and chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank Securities. Such views were "bullish for bonds, which are testing the low end of their recent yield range," said Jake Lowery, Treasury trader at ING in Atlanta, Georgia.