Tony Crescenzi Both Quotations

The productivity advance will also serve as a powerful backstop for the U.S. dollar, as it creates an environment that is good for the rates of return on U.S. assets, especially compared to other countries where both productivity growth and economic growth are lower than in the U.S.,

The Fed's beige book contains a little something for both the bull and bear camps but has a marginally negative tone to it,

There are many causes of both today's weakness and of the bond market's weakening in general,

Rita is a major factor, as it is expected to keep the dominant negative in place: high energy prices and their impact on both consumer spending and the animal spirits of U.S. businesses.