Gary Siegel

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.

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators was up 0.1% in December following a revised 1.0% increase in November, first reported as a 0.8% surge, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for December fell to 0.16 from a revised 0.69 reading in November, while the three-month moving average (CFNAI-MA3) declined to 0.33 from a revised 0.36 in November, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $12 billion of four-week bills at a zero high yield, a price of par.

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

The city of Buffalo, N.Y.'s finances are improving, but challenges remain, according to a report released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

The Treasury Department said Tuesday it will sell $12 billion of four-week discount bills Wednesday.

The University of Michigan's preliminary January consumer sentiment index reading was 80.4, compared to the final December 82.5, the preliminary December 82.5, and the final November 75.1, according to market sources.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $28 billion 91-day bills and $25 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded at a faster pace in January, as the general business conditions index climbed to 9.4 from 6.4 in December, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

The New York region's service sector "increased modestly" in January, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Business Leaders Survey, released Thursday.