| This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Closing Market Report for Tuesday, April, 3 | |||||||
| Markets finished down today. | |||||||
| Direction | Change | Units | – | ||||
| Dow | Down | (65) | Point | 13,200 | |||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.40% | percent | 1,413 | |||
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -0.20% | percent | 3,114 | |||
| 30 Year Treasury | Up | 7.2 | basis points | 3.41 | |||
| The Federal Reserve is holding off on increasing monetary stimulus unless the U.S. economic expansion falters or prices rise at a rate slower than its 2 percent target. according to minutes of the March 13 meeting of the Fed Open Market Committee released today. | |||||||
| Bloomberg reported The Obama administration will speed permitting for oil- and natural-gas drilling on federal lands to lure more fracking and rebut Republican and industry complaints the government is blocking energy production. In a statement, the Bureau of Land Management said it may be able to cut application reviews to about 60 days from 298 days by using an automated system. | |||||||
| Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||