Interest News

U.S. stock market futures fall as jobless claims rise and the European Central Bank leaves interest rates on hold, while investors await speeches from Barack Obama and Ben Bernanke.

* Central bank sees inflation holding near 3 pct target * Key interest rate to hold steady in near-term * Reserves on strong footing if global woes deepen (Updates with central bank comments, details throughout) ...

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose slightly in Tuesday's auction but still remained near historic lows. The Treasury Department auctioned $29 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.030 percent, up from 0.015 percent last week.

Homebuilder stocks fall with the broader market, as stubborn, high unemployment continues to trump low interest rates, and Goldman Sachs analysts cut their demand estimate for new housing.

It's "unlikely" the data the Federal Reserve will examine at its next interest-rate setting meeting will justify additional accommodation, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said in a speech to the University of Minnesota on Tuesday.

Wall Street sees an 80 percent chance the Federal Reserve will intervene in the bond market to lower long-term interest rates, according to a Reuters poll, after a report showed the U.S. jobs crisis deepened in August.

SAO PAULO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's benchmark Bovespastock index .BVSP rose 1 percent in early Thursday tradeafter a surprise interest rate cut by the central bank. (Reporting by Brad Haynes; Editing ...

U.S. financial stocks, already weakened on Tuesday by declines in Bank of America and a handful of insurance companies, fell a bit further after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its latest interest rate meeting.

U.S. financial stocks, already weakened on Tuesday by declines in Bank of America and a handful of insurance companies, fell a bit further on after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its latest interest rate meeting.

Minutes from the latest meeting of Federal Reserve governors revealed a deep rift among members over the decision to keep the benchmark interest rate at near-zero levels at least through mid-2013.

The Federal Reserve?s pledge to keep interest rates low came after a debate over options for monetary stimulus.

The U.S. Federal Reserve considered a range of actions to help a struggling economy at its August meeting, including the unprecedented step of tying the interest rate policy outlook to a specific unemployment level.

U.S. financial stocks, already weakened on Tuesday by decline in Bank of America and a handful of insurance companies, fell a bit further on after the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its latest interest rate meeting.

One of the three Fed officials who dissented from the central bank's August decision to keep interest super low for another two years says he does not support trying to overturn that commitment.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were unchanged in Monday's auction with rates on six-month bills remaining at a record low.

* Inflation in 2011 seen at 6.31 pct vs 6.28 week before * Forecast for 2012 inflation steady at 5.20 pct * Economists lower 2011 GDP growth forecast to 3.79 pct (Adds details on GDP growth, interest rates, ...

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NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange on Thursdayreleased details on short interest increases and decreases during the firsthalf of August. Short interest on the NYSE jumped 7.9 percent ...

Quantitative Brokers today launched The Roll Tracker, a free, web-based tool that provides real-time forecasts of the CME?traded US Treasury futures roll. The Roll Tracker, available via the company website, calculates the projected shift of open interest for the current roll cycle based on intraday observations of traded volume for each calendar spread contract.

The Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke has seemingly run out of ammunition in the fight to stimulate the economy.  Neither super-low interest rates, QE1 or QE2 have been able to create growth or confidence in the economy.  But, David Trainer, CEO of New Constructs®, a Nashville-based independent research firm, believes the Fed can still take action to not just stimulate, but fix the economy.  "Drastic times call for drastic measures and it's time for Mr.