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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comThu, 15 May 2008 20:26 BSTThu, 15 May 2008 21:26:13 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/markets/capitalmarkets(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92ba2908-2299-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92ba2908-2299-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlLiffe, the international derivatives exchange, is launching new money market products amid growing concerns over the London Interbank Offered Rate as a reference for future interest ratesThu, 15 May 2008 17:18 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/783b044a-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/783b044a-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlGlobal banks have now written off more than 80 per cent of their losses against assets linked to the US subprime mortgage market, according to a report by Fitch RatingWed, 14 May 2008 21:46 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/737259a4-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/737259a4-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlFinancial Security Assurance, the bond insurer, which has avoided many of the mortgage-related losses plaguing rivals such as Ambac and MBIA, said the volatility in the credit default swaps market had made it reluctant to write new contractsWed, 14 May 2008 21:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c755844-224e-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c755844-224e-11dd-93a9-000077b07658.htmlA dramatic German growth spurt powered a reacceleration in eurozone growth at the start of this year, in contrast to the sharp US slowdownThu, 15 May 2008 20:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7095674-21a7-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7095674-21a7-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlThe UK economy is set for a sharper, more prolonged slowdown in growth than the Bank thought likely in February, but the short-term spike in inflation will be much more severe and persistent than anticipatedWed, 14 May 2008 21:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d19eebe-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d19eebe-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlUS bond yields rose towards their highest levels since the start of the year before the sell-off was stemmed with the release of a stable April consumer inflation reportWed, 14 May 2008 21:15 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63e71bc8-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63e71bc8-21e4-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlAfter changing fortunes since the credit crisis hit, the index may be on the riseWed, 14 May 2008 21:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb1117a4-21d0-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb1117a4-21d0-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlBrazil is pricing bond deals at lower spreads than Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company of billionaire financier Warren Buffett, as it establishes itself as one of the best-performing markets in the world this yearWed, 14 May 2008 17:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02901958-2110-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02901958-2110-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlThe largest ratings agency has backed away from radical proposals to overhaul its ratings systemWed, 14 May 2008 01:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a62927d4-2116-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a62927d4-2116-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlMoody's rebuffs calls to scrap the practice of using an alphabet-based rating scale for complex financial instrumentsWed, 14 May 2008 01:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ad654de-21ae-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ad654de-21ae-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlInvestors have sought out bonds as a safe haven during the recent spate of volatility on equities markets in a move to control risk. But as stock indices start to rebound amid a growing feeling that markets are nearing the end of the credit crisis, what are the prospects for European bond yields?Wed, 14 May 2008 15:05 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d6b03be-20cd-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d6b03be-20cd-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlConsumer price inflation exceeded all expectations by rising to 3 per cent in April. The news wiped out market expectations of further interest rate cuts this yearWed, 14 May 2008 08:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c1d002-213e-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c1d002-213e-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlThe US Federal Reserve is reconsidering the way it deals with asset price bubbles in the wake of the housing and credit bust, in a move that could see the central bank using regulation – or even interest rates – to fight unjustified increasesTue, 13 May 2008 23:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7662b44-210f-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7662b44-210f-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlKfW, the German development bank, has launched the year's biggest convertible bond issue as it seeks a way to unload more of its shareholding in Deutsche Telekom, the part-privatised telecoms companyTue, 13 May 2008 21:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/feb31f56-210f-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/feb31f56-210f-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlEuropean money market funds that supply cash to financial institutions have seen funds under management grow by 35 per cent to €400bn ($620bn) over the past year in spite of the credit crunch, according to a trade bodyTue, 13 May 2008 20:58 BST