Gary Siegel

The University of Michigan's preliminary November consumer sentiment index reading was 97.8, compared to the final October 100.7.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $15 billion of 30-year bonds with a 2 3/4% coupon at a 2.801% high yield, a price of 98.969630.

The Treasury Department auctioned $23 billion of 10-year notes with a 2 1/4% coupon at a 2.314% high yield, a price of 99.431569.

The top nine bond issues on ballots across the nation received approval from voters and the 10^th largest had 59.1% of the vote, with 60% needed, with slightly more than a quarter of the ballots counted.

Consumer credit increased by $20.8 billion in September to $3.788 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $24 billion of three-year notes with a 1 3/4% coupon at a 1.750% high yield, a price of par.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $7 billion in October to a total of $263.368 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Monday.

Randal K. Quarles was sworn in as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and as vice chair for supervision on Monday, the Fed said.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher on Monday.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $50 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) rose to 135.57 in October from an upwardly revised 132.86 in September.

William C. Dudley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York president and chief executive officer, intends to retire in mid-2018 “to ensure that a successor is in place well before the end of his term,” the Fed said in a statement Monday.

The U.S. services sector expanded in October as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 60.1.

The bond markets will not have a huge reaction to the nomination of Governor Jerome Powell as chair as of Federal Reserve Board, seeing it as a continuation of the monetary policies of Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke before her.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $42 billion 91-day bills and $36 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The New York economy is expanding despite a drop in revenues, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business index, released Thursday, indicated.

The overall economy grew for the 101st straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

Private-sector employment increased by 235,000 in October, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $50 billion of four-week bills at a 1.020% high yield, a price of 99.920667.

Texas service sector activity “increased again in October.”