That appeared to be the case at the open: equities fell, and Treasury yields rose fast. But things settled down just an hour later. The S&P 500 finished the day flat, and yields on benchmark 10-year ...

For most sovereigns, the two debt burden metrics and the two debt affordability metrics are equally weighted. But because the US is a reserve currency issuer, Moody’s tweaks the weights on its ...

The US’s credit rating took a hit on Friday, after Moody’s downgraded the country’s AAA rating. And then yesterday, bond prices followed suit. Here to explain the significance of these market moves is ...

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Investment banking is a people business. Clients pay generous fees in the hope of getting smart advice from analytical ...

Even more interestingly, the female economists were more influential than the male ones. The additional effect of seeing an opinion expressed by a female expert was 20 per cent greater than the effect ...