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 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 -
Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "expanded at a faster pace and expectations remained solid" in August, according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.
August 24 -
All Federal Reserve banks felt the discount rate should remain at 1.75%, given “soft” inflation levels, according to the minutes of the discount rate meeting, released Tuesday.
August 22 -
The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.940% high yield, a price of 99.926889.
August 22 -
Service sector activity “improved notably in August,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.
August 22 -
Manufacturing in the central Atlantic region “largely unchanged in August,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index remained 14.
August 22 -
The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand,” as the general business conditions index increased to 31.8 in August from 23.4 in July, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business, released Tuesday, indicates.
August 22 -
Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed.
August 21 -
The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
August 21 -
More individuals looked for jobs, but, when extended, wage offers were lower, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s July first released labor market survey.
August 21 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July decreased to negative 0.01 from positive 0.16 in June, while the three-month moving average (CFNAI-MA3) fell to negative 0.05 from positive 0.09 in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.
August 21
