Euro Rate

Elsewhere, the Swedish crown fell against the euro after the Swedish central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.50 percent.

The 2 percent bond due in January 2022 fell 0.54 or 5.40 euros per 1,000-euro ($1,326) face amount, to 100.285. Italian 10-year rates slid 10 basis points to 5.51 percent, reducing the additional yield investors demand to hold the securities …

Schaeffler Said to Set Pricing on 6 Billion Euros of LoansBusinessWeekA 1 billion-euro revolving credit facility and a 3 billion- euro term loan B that mature in 2015 will pay initial interest of 425 basis points more than the euro interbank offered ra…

Financial Times (blog)Romanian Central Bank Lowers Benchmark Interest Rate for a Third TimeBloombergRomania's central bankers resumed its monetary-policy easing in November last year, bringing the rates down by a total 75 basis points, after an 18-…

The euro fell 0.2 percent to $1.3190 … Slovenia and Cyprus. Interbank lending rates in Europe fell on Friday to their lowest level since March 2011, down more than 30 basis points since the European Central Bank injected huge amounts of …

Wall Street JournalEurope's Pain Is US GainWall Street JournalLast year, the euro zone sovereign-debt crisis took its toll on confidence, particularly on Wall Street. But there are ways that Europe's woes are actually giving the US a boost. Low…

Euro Pares Loss as ECB Buys Italy Debt; Stocks Little ChangedBusinessWeekThe euro fell as much as 0.5 percent to 97.04 yen, the least since Aug. 25, 2010. The euro slipped 0.2 percent to $1.2654, after dropping 0.4 percent to $1.2626. Spain's 10-ye…

The euro slumped 1.2 percent to $1.2661 … reversing an earlier 18 basis point slump, and the rate rose nine basis points to 4.88 percentage points above benchmark German bunds after the spread fell yesterday to the lowest since Dec. 20.

The central bank awarded 489 billion euros ($645 billion) in its longer-term refinancing … and 30- year yields averaged 3.92 percent. Two-year U.S. interest-rate swap spreads, a measure of stress in credit markets, jumped to 51.6 basis points …

Spanish Bonds Fall After ECB; German Note Yields Drop to RecordBusinessWeekThe 2.5 percent security maturing in October 2013 fell 0.3, or 3 euros per 1000-euro face amount, to 97.995. Ten-year Spanish rates climbed six basis points to 5.37 percent. Ten…