Gary Siegel

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “continued to expand in January,” albeit at a slower pace than in December.

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.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "strengthened further, and expectations for future activity increased" in January.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.6% in December following a revised 0.5% increase in November.

Initial jobless claims rose to 233,000 in the week ended Jan. 20, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target has come under attack, with alternative frameworks and changes to the standard discussed.

Service sector companies “reported moderate growth in January,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

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.

The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand.”

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December increased to 0.27 from a downwardly revised 0.11 in November.

The December Chicago Business Barometer was revised up to 67.8, but the downward revision to second quarter numbers pulled down the index for the year.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in January, at a slower pace than in December.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes slipped as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index fell to 72.

Industrial production grew 0.9% in December, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.

The New York region's service sector activity "continued to grow at a solid pace," according to the January Business Leaders Survey.

Consumers’ inflation expectations gained, according to the October Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Tuesday.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "business activity continued to grow at a solid clip in New York State."

The gradual rate hikes will continue even as inflation remains below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said Friday.

Although he continues to maintain that two rate hikes this year are appropriate, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said Friday he is closely monitoring the flattening yield curve.

The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in March, followed by one or two more in 2018, former Fed Gov. Randall Kroszner predicted Thursday night.