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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“New York City purchasing managers demonstrated a small but directional shift in perspective in April,” the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business index, released Tuesday, indicated.
May 2 -
Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.845% high rate, up from 0.820% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.975% high rate, up from 0.955% the week before.
May 1 -
The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $55 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
May 1 -
The overall economy grew for the ninety-fifth straight time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.
May 1 -
The University of Michigan's final April consumer sentiment index reading was 97.0, compared to the preliminary April 98.0, and the final March 96.9, according to market sources.
April 28 -
The Chicago Business Barometer rose to 58.3 in April from 57.7 in March.
April 28 -
The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business declined to 57.87 in April from 61.77 in March, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Friday.
April 28 -
The Midwest Economy Index improved to 0.60 in March from 0.28 in February, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Friday.
April 28 -
The Treasury Department auctioned $28 billion of seven-year notes, with a 2% coupon and a 2.084% high yield, a price of 99.455647.
April 27 -
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
April 27 -
Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region “expanded at a slower pace with solid expectations for future activity” in April, according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.
April 27 -
Pending home sales decreased 0.8% to an index reading of 111.4 in March, after an unrevised 5.5% rise to 112.3 in February, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors.
April 27 -
The Treasury Department auctioned $34 billion of five-year notes, with a 1 7/8% coupon, a 1.875% high yield, a price of 99.999953.
April 26 -
The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $15 billion of two-year floating rate notes with a high discount margin of 0.070%, at a 0.070% spread, a price of 99.999994.
April 26 -
The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $26 billion of two-year notes with a 1 1/4% coupon at a 1.280% yield, a price of 99.941005.
April 25 -
The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $60 billion of four-week bills at a 0.735% high yield, a price of 99.942833.
April 25 -
Texas service sector activity “increased in April, albeit at a slower pace than in March,” according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
April 25 -
Service sector activity “improved notably in April,” according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.
April 25 -
Manufacturers in the central Atlantic region “were upbeat again in April,” according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index dipped to 20 in April from 22 in March.
April 25 -
The consumer confidence index decreased to 120.3 in April from a revised 124.9 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.
April 25
