Gary Siegel

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.

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.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.940% high yield, a price of 99.926889.

Service sector activity “improved notably in August,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

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.

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.

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

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

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.

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.

The University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment index reading was 97.6, compared to the final July 93.4, and the preliminary July 93.1, according to market sources.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 92-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.3% in July following an unrevised 0.6% increase in June, the Conference Board reported Thursday.ted Thursday.

Industrial production was up 0.2% in July, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in August, but at a slower pace than in July, as the general business conditions index decreased to 18.9 from 19.5 in July, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

With inflation slipping in recent months and not hitting the Federal Reserve’s 2% target in years, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic urged a “wait and see” approach on rate hikes in a televised interview Wednesday.

The New York region's service sector activity "picked up," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's August Business Leaders Survey, released Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.940% high yield, a price of 99.926889.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes increased as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index rose to 68 in August from 64 in July.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "business activity grew strongly in New York State," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday, as the general business conditions index soared to 25.2 in August from 9.8 in July.