Gary Siegel

The Federal Reserve's Labor Market Conditions Index, a compilation of 19 labor market measures, declined to 0.4 in January from a revised 2.3 in December, first reported as 2.9.

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) climbed to 128.93 in January from a downwardly revised 128.71 in December, and is up 1.9% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were up in January, as the U.S. future inflation gauge gained to 102.7 from an unrevised 102.3 reading in December, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

About 5,496,500 online job postings appeared on leading internet job boards in January, an increase of 13,500 from December, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in January as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 53.5 in the month, compared to 55.8 in December, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

The Treasury Department said its quarterly refunding will raise $7.6 billion new cash by selling $62 billion to refund $54.4 billion in maturing debt.

Monetary policy should be based on fundamentals and should not overreact to financial market volatility, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and Chief Executive Officer Esther L. George, and conditions should warrant further rate hikes.

New York City business activity "expanded at the slowest pace in four months amid more intense global financial market turbulence," in January, as the current business conditions index fell to 54.6, from 62.0 in December, the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business index, released Tuesday, indicated.

Inflation is likely to remain low for more time than the Federal Open Market Committee expects, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said Monday.

The overall economy grew for the eightieth straight time, while the manufacturing sector contracted for the fourth month in a row, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

Construction spending increased 0.1% in December, the Commerce Department said Monday, and is 8.2% above the December 2014 level.

The Institute for Supply Management released its annual adjustments to the seasonal factors in its indexes, resulting in the December manufacturing index being lowered to 48.0 from 48.2 and the non-manufacturing being revised up to 55.8 from 55.3.

The University of Michigan's final January consumer sentiment index reading was 92.0, compared to the preliminary January 93.3, and the final December 92.6, according to market sources.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer rose to 55.6 in January from 42.9 in December, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business gained to 50.4 in January from 48.5 in December, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Friday.

The Midwest Economy Index narrowed to negative 0.15 in December from a downwardly revised negative 0.20 in November, first reported as negative 0.17, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said Friday.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "fell again in January," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Pending home sales increased 0.1% to an index reading of 106.8 in December, after a revised 1.1% decrease to 106.7 in November, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

U.S. durable goods orders slumped 5.1% in December, while excluding transportation orders were down 1.2%, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Initial jobless claims fell 16,000 to 278,000 in the week ended Jan. 23, the Labor Department said Thursday.