Gary Siegel

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.

A new measure of the natural rate of unemployment implies “the elimination of labor market slack,” according to an Economic Letter published Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 1.015% high rate, down from 1.040% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 1.115% high rate, off from 1.140% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $35 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Consumers’ inflation expectations held for one-year, but dipped for the three-year horizon, according to the July Survey of Consumer Expectations, released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday.

Noting that predictions of higher inflation have been wrong for years, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Friday, the Fed can afford to wait to raise rates and that’s why he’s dissented on the last two rate hikes.

Inflation will not grow as much as previously forecast, according to the latest projections in the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's survey of professional forecasters.

The federal government ran a $42.9 billion deficit in July, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $15 billion of 30-year bonds with a 2 3/4% coupon at a 2.818% high yield, a price of 98.629206.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $23 billion of 10-year notes with a 2 1/4% coupon at a 2.250% high yield, a price of par.