The data coming out on home prices is rather clear. Home prices are moving up steadily in the last year now increasing at a rate last seen in 2006. Of course, little of this is coming from wage growth but more from easy access to debt, investor deman

Since the financial crisis, the two lenders have often been seen as the sick men of the too-big-to-fail bank club. No more.

* C$ at C$1.0321 vs US$, or 96.89 U.S. cents * Equity, currency markets volatile on Fed stimulus concerns * Oil prices end week 2 percent lower * Bank of Canada and GDP in focus next week By Solarina...

* C$ at C$1.0321 vs US$, or 96.89 U.S. cents * Equity, currency markets volatile on Fed stimulus concerns * Oil prices end week 2 percent lower * Bank of Canada and GDP in focus next week By Solarina...

As if the promise of a $27,000 student debt load wasn't enough to have college kids sweating in their cargo shorts, research shows that younger generations are becoming the most stressed out people in the country. In a telling infographic based on da

By now every single chart laying out every possible permutation of a hopelessly insolvent and overlevered world has been compiled, created, colored and in some cases, animated and socially networked. The following chart showing global debt dynamics o

NEW YORK (Reuters) - DBRS plans to rate the credit of all euro-zone sovereigns by year-end, from the current 10 of 17, which will give the now-missing countries one more way for the ECB to weigh how valuable each nation's debt is as collateral.

DBRS plans to rate the credit of all euro-zone sovereigns by year-end, from the current 10 of 17, which will give the now-missing countries one more way for the ECB to weigh how valuable each nation's debt is as collateral.

Even after the financial crisis and amid debt worries, the U.S. dollar's status as the world's go-to currency doesn't appear to be in serious jeopardy. 

May 24 (Reuters) - Empire Life Insurance Co on Friday sold C$300 million ($291 million) of notes due May 31, 2023, according a term sheet seen by Reuters.

May 24 (Reuters) - Empire Life Insurance Co on Friday sold C$300 million ($291 million) of notes due May 31, 2023, according a term sheet seen by Reuters.

May 24 (Reuters) - Empire Life Insurance Co on Friday sold C$300 million ($291 million) of notes due May 31, 2023, according a term sheet seen by Reuters.

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MONTERREY, Mexico, May 24 (Reuters) - Troubled Mexican homebuilder Urbi, struggling with flagging sales and a heavy debt load, said it is looking to minimize the impact of a suspension in payments...

MONTERREY, Mexico, May 24 (Reuters) - Troubled Mexican homebuilder Urbi, struggling with flagging sales and a heavy debt load, said it is looking to minimize the impact of a suspension in payments from state mortgage-lenders to Urbi and two other hom

AMR Corp. (AAMRQ) is seeking court approval to buy back more than $1.2 billion in debt from noteholders, as the American Airlines parent continues to march toward finalizing its merger with US Airways Group Inc. (LCC).

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Turkish telecom Ojer Telekomunikasyon AS, has signed a $4.75 billion syndicated loan that will refinance and extend the maturity of existing debt and pay a $1.5 billion...

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Turkish telecom Ojer Telekomunikasyon AS, has signed a $4.75 billion syndicated loan that will refinance and extend the maturity of existing debt and pay a $1.5 billion dividend, the arranging banks said on Friday.

The transaction on Friday was seen as further evidence of Portugal’s successful return to the international debt market

Throughout history, great powers have fallen when politics could not keep pace with economic changes. The U.S. now faces such a challenge with entitlement spending, says Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Columbia University Business School.

Inflation, the prime enemy of fixed rate debt, is falling, and that makes Treasury yields look a lot better when lumped together in a beauty contest with other major government bond markets

* Bunds rise as investors seek safety before long weekend

Huffington Post Reader Question I owe around $15,000 in debt for repossession and bank account from 15 yrs ago. Even a cell phone company plus...

Greece was supposed to get it's debt to GDP ratio to 100% by 2012, then 100% by 2013, then 110% by 2014. Now Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup finance ministers, says Greece May Get Still More Time to meet fiscal targets.And the alleged

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- How bad have things gotten for millennials?Their financial situation is so grim that they may never get completely out of debt -- in their entire lives.That's the conclusion of a study from Ohio State University....Click to vi

The Internal Revenue Service is wishin’ and hopin’ it can resolve Dionne Warwick’s unpaid taxes.

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ATHENS, May 24 (Reuters) - Greece's largest lender National Bank (NBG) reported a profit for the second consecutive quarter, helped by its Turkish subsidiary Finansbank, as well as lower funding costs and provisions for bad debt.

* C$ at C$1.0326 vs US$, or 96.84 U.S. cents * Equity and currency markets volatile on Fed stimulus concerns * Bond prices generally higher across curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - The...

* C$ at C$1.0326 vs US$, or 96.84 U.S. cents * Equity and currency markets volatile on Fed stimulus concerns * Bond prices generally higher across curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - The...

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium plan to sell bonds next week, expecting to raise an estimated combined total of about 16-17 billion euros. * Belgium aims to raise...

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - German Bund futures reversed losses on Friday as weak equity markets prompted investors to buy German debt and take profit on riskier, lower-rated paper.

* First time issuers coming to Italian corporate debt market

* First time issuers coming to Italian corporate debt market

* First time issuers coming to Italian corporate debt market

May 24 (Reuters) - Argentina's dismal credit ratings might get a boost if U.S. courts rule in the country's favor in a long-running dispute with creditors over a 2002 default, but souring economic...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC's chief executive Peter Sands denied U.S. activist investor Muddy Waters' claim that the bank has taken on too much risk, saying its loan book was in a good condition and there is no change in risk appetite

Standard Chartered PLC'schief executive Peter Sands denied U.S. activist investor Muddy Waters' claim that the bank has taken on too much risk, saying its loan book was in a good condition and there is no change in risk appetite for lending.

JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC's chief executive Peter Sands denied U.S activist investor Muddy Waters' claim that the bank has taken on too much risk, saying its loan book was in a good condition and there is no change in risk ap

JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC's chief executive Peter Sands denied U.S activist investor Muddy Waters' claim that the bank has taken on too much risk, saying its loan book was in a good condition and there is no change in risk ap

JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC's chief executive Peter Sands denied U.S activist investor Muddy Waters' claim that the bank has taken on too much risk, saying its loan book was in...

JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC's chief executive Peter Sands denied U.S activistinvestor Muddy Waters' claim that the bank has taken on too muchrisk, saying its loan book was in a good condition and there isno change in risk appet

JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC said on Friday that its risk appetite for lending has not changed and the quality of its loan book is in good condition despite a recent bet against the bank's debt by a high-profile investor.

JAKARTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC said on Friday that its risk appetite for lending has notchanged and the quality of its loan book is in good conditiondespite a recent bet against the bank's debt by a high-profileinvestor.

Interest payments to fall by about £10m a year after the Premier League champions refinance bond notes in attempt to cut debt pile of £370m

U.K. businesses and home owners continued to pay down debt in April, as confidence remains subdued despite a range of government policies to boost lending, a survey showed Friday.

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - English soccer champions Manchester United have trimmed 10 million pounds ($15 million) off the annual interest bill on their debt through a refinancing arranged by Bank of America.

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - English soccer champions Manchester United have trimmed 10 million pounds ($15 million) off the annual interest bill on their debt through a refinancing arranged by Bank of...