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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The S&P/Case-Shiller seasonally adjusted 20-city composite index rose 0.7% in February, unadjusted the index was up 0.4%.
April 25 -
The region's non-manufacturing sector “continued to expand,” this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business, released Tuesday, indicates.
April 25 -
Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.820% high rate, unchanged from 0.820% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.955% high rate, up from 0.945% the week before.
April 24 -
The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $60 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
April 24 -
Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, “increased for the 10th consecutive month in April,” according to the monthly Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.
April 24 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for March decreased to 0.08 from a downwardly revised 0.27 in February, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.
April 24 -
The Federal Reserve expectations of three rate hikes this year still stand, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said in a televised interview Friday.
April 21 -
The next Fed rate hike does not matter as much as fiscal policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Friday.
April 21 -
Existing home sales gained 4.4% to a seasonally adjusted 5.71 million-unit rate in March from a revised 3.9% decline to 5.47 million sales pace the previous month, the National Association of Realtors announced Friday.
April 21 -
The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $16 billion of five-year inflation-indexed notes with a 0.125% coupon, at a negative 0.049% high yield, an adjusted price of 101.002153.
April 20 -
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
April 20 -
The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators was up 0.4% in March following a revised 0.5% increase in February, first reported as a 0.6% gain, the Conference Board reported Thursday.
April 20 -
Three rate hikes remain “a good baseline,” although depending on the economy it may be more or less, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said in a televised interview Thursday.
April 20 -
The region's manufacturing sector expanded in April, but at a slower pace than in March,this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.
April 20 -
Although the U.S. has recovered nicely from the great recession, the economic growth rate must rise, Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome H. Powell said Thursday.
April 20 -
The Federal Reserve's balance sheet will probably continue to be used as a monetary policy tool in the future, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said.
April 19 -
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
April 13 -
The University of Michigan's preliminary April consumer sentiment index reading was 98.0, compared to the final March 96.9 and the preliminary March 97.6, according to market sources.
April 13 -
Consumer credit increased by $15.2 billion in February to $3.792 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.
April 7 -
The Treasury Department Wednesday sold $25 million 37-day cash management bills, dated April 11, due May 18, at a 0.720% high tender rate.
April 7
