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THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
Farm prices higher than in July
The USDA's farm products index of prices climbed to 101 in Aug., up 1% from July and 8.2% from a year earlier. Prices were higher for corn, wheat, strawberries and lettuce, but lower for hogs, broilers, grapes and potatoes. Meanwhile, the food commodities index rose 1% from July, but slid 12% vs. Aug. '01.
Bond issuance hits record high
U.S. bond sales swelled 16.8% in the first half of 2002 to a record $2.5 tril, the Bond Market Association said. Issuance is on track to top last year's record $4.6 tril. The trade group said issuance increased for Treasuries and other "safe" debt. But corporate bond issuance fell 26% as investors fear economic and accounting woes. In all, the U.S. bond market encompasses $19.5 tril of debt.
Wage freezes to thaw next year
One in six employers froze salaries this year, but just one in 17 plan to freeze them in '03, found a survey by Mercer Human Resources Consulting. For firms giving out raises next year, the average increase is expected to be 3.9%. Wage freezes were most common in tech and telecom, but rare in the utility, health care and insurance industries.
- The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index ...
- Vanguard's lineup of target funds boosts bond fund inflows; Total Bond Market...
- Magazine article from: Investment News November 20, 2006 700+ words
...lineup accounted for about a third of the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund's net inflows last month, according to the...by investors or by Malvern, Pa.-based Vanguard and the human-resources professionals at various companies who pick investment options...
- House subcommittee considers hearings on report criticizing IRS bond oversight....
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Hume, Lynn Stevens June 1, 1993 700+ words
...released by the House Government Operations' Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, concludes that the IRS...who died last year. The GAO found that the tax-exempt bond market contains many incentives for avoiding compliance with tax...
- Bond Market Research Department of Salomon Brothers issues major report on...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 28, 1986 700+ words
...internationalization are enhancing the Japanese government bond market as a major investment arena. The outlook is for...conclusions of a major report on the Japanese government bond market by the Bond Market Research Department of Salomon Brothers, worldwide...
- BOND MARKET THROWS ITS CLOUT AROUND IT'S IN CONTROL OF ECONOMY.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Virgin, Bill September 24, 1996 700+ words
...investors and economists who make up the bond market. For better or worse, the bond market has become the high court on economic and...interest, figuratively and literally, the bond market's judgment sometimes seems at odds with...
- NET CAPITAL OUTFLOW ON CHINA'S BOND MARKET TO CONTINUE.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News January 16, 2004 700+ words
BEIJING, Jan 16 Asia Pulse - The bond market has been in a lull in both trading and...large amount of funds diverted from the bond market. Unclear about the trend of development...outflow to continue The transferable bond market has since December 2003 become more...
- ANALYSIS - A MAJOR MOVE IN OPENING UP CHINA'S BOND MARKET.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News October 12, 2005 700+ words
...foreign issuing entities into its domestic bond market, and is hailed as a significant move and positive try in opening the domestic bond market to the outside world. Some analysts...promoting the development of China's bond market. In recent years, Chinas bond market...
- Bond Market Geared Up for Recovery.
- Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) February 21, 2001 700+ words
...positive signs growing that corporate bond market will recuperate from serious doldrums...600 billion won only from corporate bond market since the outset of this year. Market...reasons for a positive change in corporate bond market. First, with the yield rate on three...
- FOREIGN BANKS POUR INTO CHINESE BOND MARKET.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News July 13, 2005 700+ words
...BEIJING, July 13 Asia Pulse - The Chinese bond market has begun to manifest its strategic...settlement volume in China's inter-bank bond market was 5.73 times of that for the same...transactions of foreign banks in the interbank bond market have been increasing year by year...