Gary Siegel

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) gained to 127.76 in February from a downwardly revised 127.62 in January, and is up 6.7% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were up slightly in February, as the U.S. future inflation gauge grew to 102.0 from a revised January 101.9 reading, first reported as 102.5, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

Non-farm payrolls rose by 295,000 in February and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% from 5.7% in in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.891 billion in February to a total of $210.120 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.

New orders for manufactured goods declined 0.2% in January, after falling a revised 3.5% in December, first reported as a 3.4% decline, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Revised fourth quarter nonfarm productivity declined 2.2% and unit labor costs increased 4.1%.

Initial jobless claims gained 7,000 to 320,000 in the week ended Feb. 28, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The European Central Bank announced its Governing Council held interest rates at its latest monetary policy meeting Thursday.

Economic expansion continued across the country from early January through mid-February, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book, released Wednesday.

Stressing that no decision has been made, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and Chief Executive Officer Esther L. George said Wednesday she still supports a mid-year liftoff on the federal funds rate target.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly faster pace in February as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 56.9 in the month, compared to 56.7 in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

About 5,451,300 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in February, an increase of 184,100 from January, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

Again urging the Federal Reserve to show patience on interest rate hikes, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President and Chief Executive Officer Charles L. Evans said Wednesday, the risks of a too-early increase outweigh the benefits.

Private-sector employment increased by 212,000 in February, on a seasonally adjusted basis, ADP reported Wednesday.

New York City business activity expanded in February, as the current business conditions index rebounded to 63.1, from 44.5 in January, the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business index, released Tuesday, indicated.

Construction spending decreased 1.1% in January, the Commerce Department said Monday, and is 1.8% above the January 2014 level.

The overall economy grew for the sixty-ninth straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the twenty-sixth consecutive month, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

The University of Michigan's final February consumer sentiment index reading was 95.4, compared to the preliminary February 93.6, and the final January 98.1, according to market sources.

Pending home sales increased 1.7% to an index reading of 104.2 in January, after a revised 1.5% decrease to 102.5 in December, according to a report released Friday by the National Association of Realtors.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer dropped to 45.8 in February from 59.4 in January, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.