Banks Try Easing Into a $26 Billion Debt Sale
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Next weekâs debt offering financing the purchase of the First Data Corporation is widely seen as an indicator of whether the credit markets have begun to thaw.
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Officials from Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns and other major banks are in talks to bail out ACA Capital Holdings, according to two people briefed on the situation.
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The world's major central banks face the delicate balancing act of trying to ease the global credit crunch sparked by the US subprime home loan crisis while trying to rein in rising inflation.
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A little cash today can prevent a major financial headache later.
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Top UK banks could report combined annual profits of about Â£38bn despite worries about exposure to bad debts.
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US 10-year notes fell in Asia as traders prepared to bid for $51 billion of debt being sold this week and on expectations the Federal Reserve will raise its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point in two days.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices were  modestly lower on Wednesday after an auction of $24 billion in  new two-year notes drew only scant demand in a holiday-thinned  market.
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Short-dated U.S. Treasuries were under modest pressure on Tuesday as traders, uneasy about the health of foreign demand, cheapened prices into a &#36;22 billion auction of new three-year government debt.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped  slightly on Wednesday ahead of the Treasury's auction of $24.0  billion in two-year notes.
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Banks, which have used a glut of cheap  money to help fuel a boom in real estate and leveraged company  buyouts, may face a rough ride when lending conditions turn  sour, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday.
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Delta Air Lines (DAL:NYSE - news - research) wants to give bondholders more time to think about trading in some $2.6 billion of unsecured debt for $680 million worth of new secured notes.
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Treasuries eased into an auction of  new U.S. government debt on Wednesday, just hours before the  Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the  fourth time this year.
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US 10-year Treasury notes fell in New York before the government&#39;s sale of $51 billion of debt and a Federal Reserve meeting at which policy makers are likely to raise their benchmark interest rate.
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Business & money: Bank could step in to tackle fresh inflation fears.
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Argentina on Friday launched its historic offer to restructure $102.6 billion in defaulted debt, scoring an early but expected victory as local pension funds holding 17 percent of the bad debt signed up for the exchange.
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The news was a reminder of the difficulty banks are now facing in valuing complicated financial instruments.
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The Federal Reserve, working to combat the effects of a serious credit crisis, said Tuesday it had auctioned $30 billion in funds to commercial banks at an interest rate of 3.95 percent.