Gary Siegel is a journalist with more than 35 years of experience. He started his professional career at the Long Island Journal newspapers based in Long Beach, N.Y., working his way up from reporter to Assistant Managing Editor. Siegel also worked for Prentice-Hall in Paramus, N.J., covering human resources issues. Siegel has been at The Bond Buyer since 1989, currently covering economic indicators and the Federal Reserve system.
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Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in January,” albeit at a slower pace than in December.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 29 -
With rotation of voters, tax reform, and an uptick in a key inflation measure, there’s still much at issue in a Fed meeting where no rate hike is expected.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 26 -
Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "strengthened further, and expectations for future activity increased" in January.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 25 -
The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.6% in December following a revised 0.5% increase in November.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 25 -
Initial jobless claims rose to 233,000 in the week ended Jan. 20, the Labor Department said Thursday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 25 -
The Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target has come under attack, with alternative frameworks and changes to the standard discussed.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 23 -
Service sector companies “reported moderate growth in January,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 23 -
Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region was “slower” in January, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index declined to 14 from 20.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 23 -
The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand.”
By Gary SiegelJanuary 23 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December increased to 0.27 from a downwardly revised 0.11 in November.
By Gary SiegelJanuary 22