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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The University of Michigan's final August consumer sentiment index reading was 96.8, compared to the preliminary August 97.6 and the final July 93.4, according to market sources.
September 1 -
The overall economy grew for the ninety-ninth straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.
September 1 -
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Tuesday.
August 31 -
Pending home sales decreased 0.8% to an index reading of 109.1 in July, after a downwardly revised 1.3% gain to a 110.0 reading in June, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.
August 31 -
The Chicago Business Barometer was unchanged at 58.9 in August.
August 31 -
The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business decreased to 55.41 in August from 56.98 in July, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Thursday.
August 31 -
The Midwest Economy Index declined to 0.29 in July from 0.43 in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Thursday.
August 31 -
About 4,479,800 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in August, a decrease of 125,900 from July, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.
August 30 -
Private-sector employment increased by 237,000 in August, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.
August 30 -
The Treasury Department auctioned $28 billion of seven-year notes, with a 1 7/8% coupon and a 1.941% high yield, a price of 99.569957.
August 29 -
The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of four-week bills at a 0.960% high yield, a price of 99.925333.
August 29 -
Texas service sector activity “continued to reflect expansion in August, albeit at a slightly slower pace,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index slid to 14.2 from 15.7.
August 29 -
The consumer confidence index increased to 122.9 in August from a revised 120.0 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.
August 29 -
Home prices rose 5.8% on an annual basis in June, not seasonally adjusted, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, released Tuesday.
August 29 -
Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day discount bills incurred a 1.020% high rate, down from 1.100% the week before.
August 28 -
Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 182-day discount bills incurred a 1.115% high rate, unchanged from 1.115% the week before.
August 28 -
The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $25 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
August 28 -
Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “continued to increase in August,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.
August 28 -
Watching for the “risks of excessive optimism, leverage, and maturity transformation” can limit future financial crises, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday.
August 25 -
Despite recent softness in economic data, especially inflation numbers, the Federal Reserve should continue to tighten monetary policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said in a televised interview Friday.
August 25
