US Federal Reserve

• Commercial Paper Market Contracts Most in Two Years

  By John Parry, Bloomberg  |  March 7, 2013

  Outstanding commercial paper plunged $42.5 bln in latest week.

• Bipartisan Bills Aim to Ease Dodd-Frank Swaps Pushout

  By Cheyenne Hopkins and Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  March 7, 2013

  House and Senate measures would allow more swaps trading at federally insured banks.

• Corporate Bond Sales Slow

  By Sarika Gangar, Bloomberg  |  February 28, 2013

  Market is on track for the slowest February since 2008 on prospect of rising U.S. interest rates.

• Commercial Paper Hits Lowest Level This Year

  By John Parry, Bloomberg  |  February 21, 2013

  Drop of $22.4 billion in the latest week marked the fifth consecutive decline.

• Growing U.S. Labor Force Keeps Fed at Ease

  By Rich Miller and Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg  |  February 19, 2013

  Reviving economy lures Americans back into the job market, alleviating inflation fears.

• Junk Bond Froth Seeps into Emerging Markets

  By Ye Xie and Michael Patterson, Bloomberg  |  February 19, 2013

  High-yield debt of companies in emerging markets is so expensive it leads to talk of asset bubbles.

• Bond Market Sees Slower Growth than Obama

  By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg  |  February 19, 2013

  Yields suggest economic expansion will fall short of administration’s projections.

• G-20 Signals Support for Japan Easing

  By Simon Kennedy, Toru Fujioka and Raymond Colitt, Bloomberg  |  February 18, 2013

  But global finance chiefs draw the line at publicly advocating a weaker yen.

• States Move on Minimum Wage

  By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg  |  February 14, 2013

  While Republicans in Congress balk, 19 states have enacted a minimum wage higher than the federal level.

• Fed District Banks Back Tougher Money-Fund Oversight

  By Caroline Salas Gage and Christopher Condon, Bloomberg  |  February 13, 2013

  Officials cite a move to floating net-asset value as one alternative.