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March's miserable jobs report stoked a debate about the strength of the recovery but helped settle any uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy.
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March's miserable jobs report stoked a debate about the strength of the recovery but helped settle any uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses the latest action in the bond market, and the U.S. dollar.
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Hiroshi Watanabe, President & CEO at Japan Bank for International Cooperation is optimistic on Japan markets with Shinzo Abe at the helm and Haruhiko Kuroda at the BOJ. He expects the inflation rate and wages to rise.
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NEW YORK-- Southwest Airlines Co. said Thursday that it obtained a $1 billion, 5- year revolving credit arrangement this week. Southwest said that rates will be based on either the London interbank offered rate, known as Libor; or the highest of the prime rate, the 1- month Libor plus 1 percent, or the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 percent.
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Conventional wisdom would suggest it’s time to get out of the market about now. But this market is anything but conventional.
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Doug Lebda, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Lending Tree, explains how the all-important spring housing season is shaping up.
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NEW YORK, April 4- Gold fell for a third straight session on Thursday, hitting a 10- month low as unprecedented monetary stimulus from the Bank of Japan and hopes for another European Central Bank rate cut failed to stem heavy selling of bullion by funds.
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Treasury yields fell near the lows of the year as bond traders bet the Friday jobs report will be worse than economists expect.
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With the divergence widening between U.S. economic prospects and the outlook for Britain, Japan, and the euro zone, experts see dollar strength ahead.
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DAYTON, Ohio, April 4- A second Federal Reserve official has suggested that U.S. interest rates may have to remain near zero until the unemployment rate falls as low as 5.5 percent, lower than the 6.5 percent threshold the U.S. central bank has in mind.
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*Gold on track for biggest three-day drop since June 2012. NEW YORK, April 4- Gold fell sharply for a third session on Thursday, as hopes of another interest rate cut by the European Central Bank and new monetary stimulus offered by the Bank of Japan failed to stem heavy selling of bullion by funds.
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WASHINGTON _ Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for February, 10 a.m. Eastern; Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for February, 10 a.m.. WASHINGTON _ Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m..
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April 4- Here is a list of economic questions that have something in common. In a recession, should governments reduce budget deficits or increase them? Do zero percent interest rates stimulate economic recovery or suppress it?
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David Milleker, chief economist at Union Investment, tells CNBC that the ECB have paved the way for a rate cut, but questions whether it would actually have the positive effect they desire.
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*ECB keeps interest rates at 0.75 pct. FRANKFURT, April 4- European Central Bank President Mario Draghi opened the door on Thursday to an interest rate cut as soon as next month, saying his bank stands "ready to act" to boost the recession-hit euro zone economy.
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CNBC's Rick Santelli discusses the latest action in the bond market, and the U.S. dollar.
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NEW YORK, April 4- The euro dropped to its lowest in more than four months against the dollar on Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi highlighted the downside risks to the euro zone economy, suggesting the bank could further slash interest rates.
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FRANKFURT, April 4- The European Central Bank expects a gradual economic recovery later this year but will monitor incoming data very closely and is ready to cut interest rates if necessary, its president said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK, April 4- U.S. stock index futures turned flat on Thursday, with the S&P 500 dropping into negative territory after data showed an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims. S&P 500 futures fell 0.2 point but remained above fair value, a formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract.
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Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart told CNBC more solid economic data coupled with a "substantial improvement" in jobs are needed before the central bank would consider tightening policy.