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Economic News
- GM strike pushed US factory output down 0.5% in September
- US weekly jobless claims rise modestly
- US housing starts fall from a 12-year high
- Fed's Evans says no more rate cuts are needed through 2020
- US retail sales unexpectedly decline in a sign that consumer economy could be cracking
- Weekly mortgage refinance applications rise, even as home purchase demand falls
- 'Awfully high' risks of a global recession in the next 12-18 months, Moody's chief economist says
- IMF says trade war will cut global growth to lowest since financial crisis a decade ago
- Fed's Bullard warns risks remain high and US economy may slow more sharply than expected
- Larry Summers: US economy is just one bad recession away from zero rates or worse
- Millennials are about to trigger a major 'changeover point' for the US economy, asset manager says
- Do you know what a recession is? Here's how we'll know when the next one hits
- US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
- US consumer prices were unchanged in September, the weakest reading since January
- Market may be expecting more rate cuts than the Fed will deliver, meeting minutes show
- Former Trump campaign advisor Stephen Moore: 'We knew we weren't going to get 5% growth'
- Weekly mortgage refinances jump 10% as rates drop to the lowest level since August
- Powell says the Fed will start expanding its balance sheet 'soon' in response to funding issues
- The father of the yield curve indicator says now is the time to prepare for a recession
Global Bond News
- February 2014: Bond ETFs gathered some momentum last month
- Recommendation: Key high yield and investment-grade bond ETFs
- Short-term money: Why the pedal is still to the metal
- Exposure to junk bonds: How much should you hedge?
- The US 10-year bond: Why low inflation contains the bear market
- Why the federal budget deficit is returning to normal levels
- The federal budget deficit: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”
- Why the Fed’s $4 trillion war on deflation affects ETF investors
- Why global growth is driving long-dated bond yields higher
- Why low inflation is keeping the bear market in check
- Why worry when you can hedge your fixed income portfolio?
- Recovery continues: The US government is back on budget!
- Check your fixed income ETF duration before it’s too late
- Is the Fed losing its inflation battle? A guide for ETF investors
- The new wave: The US Treasury’s FRNs with a two-year maturity date
- Why high yield bonds improve portfolio returns when markets tumble
- Must know: Will leveraged loan ETFs soon outperform high yield bond ETFs
- Price performance: High yield bond ETFs versus leveraged loan bond ETFs
- Why HYG ETF falls into the high risk-high return catagory
- Why do floating rate notes, or FRNs, differ from regular bonds?