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Why the bond market may be resetting expectations about the US Reuters

US natural gas futures fell alongside crude and European gas futures as a US plan to increase economic pressure on Iran seemed less likely to affect physical supply than investors expected.

Tehran made no concessions as a result of ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions eight years ago. Few expect it to yield this time

US consumer confidence fell in August to the worst since the start of the year as the Conference Board’s gauge of confidence decreased 0.8 points to 89.4 after a downward revision to the prior month. Michael McKee breaks down the data on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)

Black Sea strikes hamper oil flows from Novorossiysk, while crude processing tumbles

The SEC has sent subpoenas to major Wall Street banks regarding the hedge fund Situational Awareness, according to people familiar with the matter. Hema Parmar reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)

After a small city with a struggling economy is slammed by hurricane-force winds, thousands of its people go weeks without electricity. They grow increasingly desperate as they run out of food, medicine and money. This just happened, not in a foreign country, not even in a chronically neglected US t

Some workers are going back to the farm

Freedom of navigation is worth preserving

Treasury yields steadied on Tuesday as investors await more data releases for insights into the U.S. economic picture.