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Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... that the new targets are likely to be reached by July 2014." With around 36% of the total $3.5 trillion issue of Treasury bills, the US is the largest global 'manager' of its own debt. Raising interest rates with this holding, adds Geary would have a ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... and good production results boosted risk appetite. Shares extended early gains driven by a strong sale of French treasury bills overnight, despite news that the EU's second-largest economy was stripped of its top credit rating by Standard & Poor's on ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... per cent. Italy had to pay record rates of 6.087 per cent to sell five billion euros ($A6.7 billion) in 12-month Treasury bills in a closely watched auction which at least attracted substantial interest. Italian borrowing rates on the secondary bond ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... 1.625 billion euros ($A2.19 billion), more than the original target of 1.25 billion euros, in a sale of three-month treasury bills, with the borrowing price stable at 4.56 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed as the eurozone debt crisis ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... depreciated dollars," he wrote. "The Chinese and other offshore holders wind up getting not only.05% interest on their Treasury Bills, but 12 months later - voila! - their Bills are worth only 85 cents on the dollar in global purchasing power." China ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... banks' required reserves - the first since December 2008 - and news that it is 'guiding' its 3-month and 1-year Treasury bills higher. The move raised concerns that a slowdown in China could take the winds out of the sails of the global recovery and ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... proxy for certificate of deposits purchased through the fund's Alaska CD program. These CDs are purchased from US Treasury Bills, and the new rate follows the short-term rate published by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle. The logic behind this ...
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