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• Treasuries Sink With Gold as Dollar Jumps, U.S. Stocks Fluctuate
  
  05/22/2013
  Treasuries and gold tumbled while the dollar rallied as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told Congress the central bank may cut the pace of bond purchases at its next few meetings. U.S. equities erased early gains to trade little changed.
• Brazil’s Real Rises From Four-Month Low on Fed Stimulus Outlook
  
  05/21/2013
  Brazil’s real rallied from a four- month low as a Federal Reserve official supported the continuation of a stimulus program that has buoyed emerging- market assets.
• Power Hour: Corn Planting Back on Track
  
  05/21/2013
  Jerry Gulke provides a special analysis of this week’s record-breaking jump in corn planting progress.
• Corn Planting Report Holds Soybean Clues
  
  05/20/2013
  Strong acreage totals are expected Monday, but questions remain as to what producers will do with remaining cropland.
• U.S. 10-Year Yield Drops From 2-Month High Before Bernanke Talk
  
  05/20/2013
  Treasuries rose, pushing 10-year note yields down from almost a two-month high, before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke discusses the economic outlook this week.
• Wheat Heading for Biggest Weekly Drop Since March on Output Gain
  
  05/17/2013
  Wheat slid, heading for the biggest weekly drop since March, on signs that global production will rise to a record as exports lag behind last year’s pace in the U.S., the world’s top shipper. Corn rose, while soybeans fell.
• Power Hour: Farm Debt on the Increase
  
  05/17/2013
  This year appears to be a sanguine one for farm finances, with high projected farm incomes in 2013 projected to keep U.S. farm debt and leverage low.
• Consumers’ Outlooks on U.S. Economy Improve to Five-Month High
  
  05/16/2013
  Consumers’ economic outlook improved in May to its best reading in five months, showing Americans are looking beyond the current slowdown to a rebound in growth later this year.
• Cotton Drops as World Inventories May Climb
  
  05/15/2013
  Cotton futures fell, heading for the third decline in four sessions, on mounting concern that global supplies will be more than sufficient to meet demand. Orange juice fell for the first time in a week.
• U.S. Stocks Advance on Increased Optimism
  
  05/14/2013
  U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index headed for its eighth record high in the past nine sessions, on increased optimism over growth in the world’s largest economy.