Gary Siegel

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.494 billion in July to a total of $251.081 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.

The Treasury Department sold $13 billion of inflation-indexed 10-year TIPs at a 0.489% high yield, an adjusted price of 98.936936, with a 3/8% coupon.

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

The composite of the Leading Economic Index was up 0.6% in June following a revised 0.2% increase in May, first reported as a 0.3% gain, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in July, but at a slower pace than in June, as the general business conditions index decreased to 19.5 from 27.6 in June, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 0.955% high yield, a price of 99.925722.

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes slipped as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index fell to 64 in July from a downwardly revised 66 in June.

The New York region's service sector activity" showed little change," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's July Business Leaders Survey, released Tuesday.

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 $45 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "business activity grew modestly in New York State," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Monday.

Slow removal of monetary policy accommodation will help raise inflation to 2%, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans.

The University of Michigan's preliminary July consumer sentiment index reading was 93.1, compared to the final June 95.1, and the preliminary June 94.5, according to market sources.

Industrial production was up 0.4% in June, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The federal government ran an $90.2 billion deficit in June, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $12 billion of 29-year 10-month bonds with a 3% coupon at a 2.936% high yield, a price of 101.261161.

While claiming he will keep an open mind, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Rob Kaplan reiterated he would like to see inflation rise before the next rate hike.

The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet will be reduced substantially, but not to the $1 billion level from before the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said.

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

Unwinding the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet should start “sooner rather than later,” Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said Wednesday.