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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U.S. inflationary pressures were down in March, as the U.S. future inflation gauge decreased to 113.2 from a 113.5 reading in February, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.
April 7 -
The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 million 37-day cash management bills on April 7.
April 7 -
Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $85 million in March to a total of $241.146 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Monday.
April 6 -
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $39 billion 91-day bills and $33 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
April 6 -
The Treasury Department will conduct a live small-value contingency cash management bill auction on April 7.
April 5 -
About 4,639,700 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in March, an increase of 102,000 from February, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.
April 5 -
The U.S. services sector expanded in March although the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 55.2 in the month, compared to 57.6 in February, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.
April 5 -
Private-sector employment increased by 263,000 in March, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP estimated Wednesday.
April 5 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker resigned Tuesday saying he confirmed confidential materials in 2012, according to published reports.
April 4 -
The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $55 billion of four-week bills at a 0.760% high yield, a price of 99.940889.
April 4 -
"New York City purchasing managers reported strong optimism in addition to a faster pace of activity in March," the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business index, released Tuesday, indicated.
April 4 -
Three rate hikes appear to remain appropriate for this year, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President and CEO Patrick T. Harker repeated Monday, noting they can be spread out.
April 3 -
Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.790% high rate, up from 0.780% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.910% high rate, up from 0.905% the week before.
April 3 -
The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $55 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
April 3 -
According to the ISM's monthly report on business, the ISM index decreased to 57.2 in March from 57.7 in February.
April 3 -
The University of Michigan's final March consumer sentiment index reading was 96.9, compared to the preliminary March 97.6 and the final February 96.3, according to market sources.
March 31 -
The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer crept to 57.7 in March from 57.4 in February, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.
March 31 -
The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business rose to 61.77 in February from 58.69 in February, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Friday.
March 31 -
The Midwest Economy Index improved to 0.27 in February from 0.01 in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Friday.
March 31 -
While the removal of accommodation needs to pick up the pace from the once a year rate increases of the past two years, the Federal Open Market Committee does not need to raise rates at every meeting, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday.
March 30
