Rate view sends dollar to one-month highs
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Government bond prices continued their dramatic decline this week as investors increasingly took the view that the worst of the credit crisis was over while record-high oil prices heightened concerns about inflationary pressures. (article 10)
Its shares finished off 5.9 per cent down at 277p, extending losses over the week to 25 per cent, on continued fears of a rights issue. (article 2)
April has been the cruelest month for government bond markets in years, with prices falling and interest rates rising sharply in the US, Europe and Japan. (article 7)
A global index of government bonds from 33 countries compiled by Lehman Brothers has fallen 3 per cent this month, its first decline since December and the worst performance since a fall of 4.3 per cent four years ago. (article 7)
Wall Street stocks fell on Friday, cutting short a two-day rally and dragging equity markets down for the week after a survey showed languishing consumer confidence and muted results from Microsoft weighed on technology stocks. (article 4)
Ericsson surprised the market with better-than-expected results on Friday, contributing to a buoyant mood that saw the pan-European FTSE Eurofirst 300 index gain 1.1 per cent to 1,330.84. (article 3)
The dollar hit a one-month high this week as investors reassessed the prospect of further aggressive monetary easing from the Federal Reserve. (article 9)
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- GDP growth at three-year low (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 466 words)
- FTSE closes higher despite Barratt slump (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 659 words)
- Ericsson boosts European stocks (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 578 words)
- Wall St lower as consumer confidence falls (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 776 words)
- Fed likely to pause after expected 25bp rate cut (ft.com, 04/27/2008, 428 words)
- Company troubles begin to stack up (ft.com, 04/28/2008, 400 words)
- Hopes of a financial rally hit bonds (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 258 words)
- Japan bond futures plunge (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 441 words)
- Rate view sends dollar to one-month highs (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 607 words)
- Overview: Bond prices fall as nerves steady (ft.com, 04/27/2008, 837 words)
- WPP admits to slower sales in Europe (ft.com, 04/26/2008, 297 words)
- Crude oil prices close to $120 on Gulf action (ft.com, 04/26/2008, 405 words)
- Oil surges $3 on military clash (ft.com, 04/25/2008, 507 words)
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