Gary Siegel

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “increased in June,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for May decreased to negative 0.26 from positive 0.57 in April, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.

As financial conditions ease, it supports the Federal Reserve's decision to remove accommodation, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said on Sunday.

The Federal Reserve can be patient in setting monetary policy and the current rate may be the right level for the forecast horizon, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Friday.

The Treasury Department Thursday sold $5 billion of inflation-indexed 29-year 8-month bonds at a 0.880% high yield, an adjusted price of 101.154806, with a 7/8% coupon

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

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "expanded at a slower pace with solid expectations for future activity" in June, according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

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

Existing home sales gained 1.1% to a seasonally adjusted 5.62 million-unit rate in May from a revised 2.5% decline to a 5.56 million sales pace the previous month, the National Association of Realtors announced Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $20 billion of 364-day bills at a 1.215% high yield, a price of 98.771500.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.850% high yield, a price of 99.933889.

While he would prefer if Congress raised Treasury's borrowing limit before its August break, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a televised interview, even if a deal is not reached, the government will be "fine" until they return in September.

The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand,” at a faster pace, as the general business conditions index increased to 33.6 in June from 25.6 in May, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business, released Tuesday, indicates.

Low interest rates raise issues about financial stability and policymakers must take heed, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said Tuesday.

The equilibrium real interest rate is just above zero, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco researchers wrote in an Economic Letter released Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 1.010% high rate, up from 0.990% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 1.120% high rate, up from 1.100% the week before.

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

The Federal Reserve Board said it raised the discount rate to 1.75% from 1.5%, effective immediately.

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

Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes slipped as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index fell to 67 in June from a downwardly revised 69 in May.