The main development in the foreign change market over the past week has been the short squeeze of the yen, and to a lesser extent, the Swiss franc. The move coincided with a backing up in JGB yields, with the 10-year approaching the 1.0% threshold, a nearly three-fold increase since the BOJ announced its more aggressive monetary stance in early ...

Coffee futures tumbled to the lowest in more than three years as inventories climbed in Europe and the U.S., the world's leading consumers, fueling concern that supplies will overwhelm demand.

Metals prices ended slightly lower Friday, as did agricultural futures.

The 2nd worst week of the year (2nd only to Cyprus) for US equities was accompanied by Treasury buying as the JPY carry trade unwind continues in every risky-or-'yieldy' product. On an admittedly low volume day (typically good for a magical levitation in stocks), Treasury markets closed the day unchanged (and 30Y bonds ended the week unchanged). Stocks bounced after ...

Oil futures fall for a fourth consecutive session, with concerns about lackluster energy demand after weak Chinese manufacturing data contributing to a 2% price loss for the week.