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Presents charts and a graph on rates and yields in the United States financial markets in December 2004. Bonds; Notes; Municipals; Bank savings yields; Bank loan rates.

Lists interest rates and yields on various fixed-income investments. Yields on ten-year Treasuries, two-year Treasuries and municipal bonds; Bank savings yields; Bank loan rates.

Provides data on treasury bills, bonds and notes as of December 7, 2004. Interest rate; Bid; Change; Yield.

Presents charts showing the performance of Treasury bills, bonds and notes in the United States on October 6, 2004. Treasury bills; Bonds and notes; Option volume comparisons; Rates; Yields.

Reports on interest rates and yields for the week September 11-17, 2004. Bond yields; Bank savings yields; Bank loan rates.

Provides data on rates and yields in the United States for the week of September 6 to 10, 2004. Bond yields; Bank savings yields; Bank loan rates.

Presents charts of interest rates and yields in the United States as of July 30, 2004. Bank savings yields; Bank loan rates; Bond yields.

The article discusses economic implications of the interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Topics explored include the recorded increase in the yields of 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds and other government bonds, the link between inflation and the interest rate hike, and the response of financial markets to the rate increase.

The article examines the potential losses for investors in high-yield or junk bond mutual funds should investors pull money out of stock markets in the event of an increase in interest rates. It discusses a report conducted by researchers at financial services firm Barclays that estimated a 12 percent loss in bond market funds if the junk-bond market declined by 10 percent and mutual fund investors requested a return of 20 percent of their funds. The article presents comments from Barclays head of research Jeffrey Meli.

The article states that several U.S. public pension funds were slashing investment-return predictions as of early September 2015 due to low interest rates and global market volatility. The article cites an analysis conducted by the group the National Association of State Retirement Administrators to state that over two-thirds of U.S. state retirement systems had cut assumptions since 2008, and that the average return target of 7.68 percent was the lowest since at least 1989. The article presents comments from pension consulting firm Cambridge Associates managing director Brian McDonnell.

The article discusses investors' decreased sales of junk bonds in the U.S. for the month of July 2014. Topics include the effect of junk bond sales on yields and U.S. bond issuance by lower-rated U.S. companies, speculation on an increase in interest rates in the U.S., and mention of the pricing of companies' bond sales such as Bonanza Creek Energy Inc.

The article discusses a trend of Chinese Internet companies offering consumers banking services with higher interest rates than those offered by Chinese banks as of March 2, 2014. Topics addressed include the impact of China's regulation of interest rates, as well as Chinese internet retail company Alibaba's creation of money market service Yu'e Bao.

The article discusses the performance of long-term junk bonds in the U.S. as of December 2013, reporting that prices and sale rates are decreasing as some investors seek shorter-term securities. Topics include the U.S. economy, interest rates, investment policies, bond yields, and bonds issued by the food-can maker Ball Corp.