Gary Siegel

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business slid to 52.8 in January from 54.3 in December, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Thursday.

Initial jobless claims climbed 19,000 to 346,000 in the week ended January 25, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $15 billion of two-year floating rate notes with a high discount margin of 0.045%, at a 0.045% spread, a price of par.

The Institute for Supply Management revised its December manufacturing index to 56.5 from 57.0, as a result of seasonal adjustments, the group said Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $32 billion of two-year notes with a 3/8% coupon at a 0.380% yield, a price of 99.990047.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $10 billion of four-week bills at a 0.050% high yield, a price of 99.996111.

Texas service sector activity picked up January, according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index grew to 18.1 from 16.8.

Service sector activity "remained flat overall" in January, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region "maintained a steady pace of growth" in January, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index dipped to 12 in January from 13 in December.

The consumer confidence index increased to 80.7 in January from a revised 77.5 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

U.S. durable goods orders slumped 4.3% in December, while excluding transportation orders fell 1.6%, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.055% high rate, up from 0.035% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.065% high rate, up from 0.060% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $10 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, "increased for the ninth month in a row in January," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

Sales of new single-family homes decreased 7.0% to a 414,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate in December, according to data released by the Commerce Department Monday.

The Treasury Department sold $15 billion of inflation-indexed 10-year TIPs at a 0.661% high yield, an adjusted price of 99.547965, with a 5/8% coupon.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $29 billion seven-year notes on Thursday, Jan. 30.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $28 billion 91-day bills and $20 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department Thursday announced it will sell $15 billion of two-year floating rate notes on Jan. 29.

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "rebounded moderately in January, and factories' production expectations continued to climb higher," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.