The market remains very defensive ahead of these key data releases.

The market was deeply oversold. It is basically a technical rebound.

The claims numbers are suggesting that the worst of the labor market conditions are behind us and that there's actually some modest improvement in relative terms as the year comes to a close,

The index suggested that the healing process in the economy is coming on much more quickly than envisioned.

The follow-through in the secondary market shows just how strong it was, ... a sense that people want to own this issue because it will appear on their year-end statements.

The two-year note auction went far, far better than expected, prompting a wave of short-covering.

The key factor weighing on the market is a rebound in stocks,

Clearly, we're experiencing an inflation-free setting even though the economy is experiencing rapid growth.

I heard like a 'pop-pop noise and all of a sudden about three seconds later, the ticket counters were telling us to either hit the deck or they grabbed us and pulled us into the back room.

In our judgment, the risk is the yen will lose ground in the world foreign exchange market.