Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $18 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly slower pace in December as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 53.0 in the month, compared to 53.9 in November, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

New orders for manufactured goods soared 1.8% in November, after dropping 0.5% in October, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

The Federal Reserve will successfully meet the "difficult challenges" it will face in the coming years, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernake told the American Economic Association Friday.

New York City business activity grew at a slower pace in December, as the current business conditions index fell to 63.8 from 69.5 in November, the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business index, released Friday, indicated.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 10-month 2 ¾% notes on Jan. 8.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $28 billion 91-day bills and $26 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 10-month 3¾% bonds on Jan. 9.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $30 billion three-year notes on Jan. 7.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $23 billion year bills on Jan. 7.

The overall economy grew for the fifty-fifth straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the seventh consecutive month, the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday.

Initial jobless claims dropped 2,000 to 339,000 in the week ended December 28, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Texas service sector activity strengthened in December, according to business executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index grew to 16.0 from 11.4.

The consumer confidence index increased to 78.1 in December from a revised 72.0 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer dipped to 59.1 in December from 63.0 in November, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Monday auctioned $20 billion of four-week bills at a 0.005% high yield, a price of 99.999611.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.065% high rate, down from 0.070% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.090% high rate, unchanged from 0.090% the week before.

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

Pending home sales grew 0.2% to an index reading of 101.7 in November, after a revised 1.2% decline to 101.5 in October, according to a report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business grew to 54.3 in December from 52.1 in November, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Monday.