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American Airlines said it was planning to issue $5bn in bonds and seek a $2. 5bn term loan backed by its frequent flyer program to pay back a government loan and other debts.
The high likelihood that Democrats in the US Senate will get their $1. 9trn fiscal stimulus proposal through the US Congress has seen economists revise their forecasts for economic growth in 2021 sharply higher.
Stocks on Wall Street are being called to start lower amid investor jitters over the recent rise in Treasury yields, even as they wait on the latest monthly non-farm payrolls report.
Longer-term US government debt yields extended their recent rebound even after Federal Reserve chief, Jerome Powell, said he was monitoring their rise.
German retail sales sank at the start of 2021 as the sector was clobbered by Covid-19 restrictions and a three percentage point hike in the country's value added tax.
Consumer confidence in the US picked up a tad in late February, but middle-income families were not overly confident regarding the prospects for a quick rebound in the economy, findings from a key survey revealed.
The head of the US central bank said policy would remain "accommodative" until labor market slack had been absorbed, potentially pointing to an extended period of low interest rates.
One of the world's top credit rating agencies downgraded Royal Dutch Shell's long-term debt on the back of the expected challenges from the transition to sustainable technologies.
