Sun, Sep 09, 2007 - Page 10 News List

Wall Street pins hopes on aid from Fed

UNCERTAINTY A drop of 4,000 US payroll jobs last month stoked fears of a recession, with analysts saying the problems go far deeper than housing and Fed interest rates

AFP, NEW YORK

"We aren't even close to being out of the woods yet regarding the mortgage credit situation and its global fallout," he said. "We continue to believe that stock prices will remain very volatile for at least the balance of this month regardless of what the Fed chooses to do."

The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell to 4.368 percent from 4.537 percent a week earlier, and that on the 30-year Treasury dropped to 4.693 percent from 4.831 percent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions.

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