Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department auctioned $35 billion of five-year notes, with a 1 1/2% coupon, a 1.600% high yield, a price of 99.521314.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $32 billion of two-year notes with a 1/4% coupon at a 0.345% yield, a price of 99.810817.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.010% high yield, a price of 99.999222.

Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes rose as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index climbed to 58 in December from an unrevised 54 in November.

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, down from 0.095% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "conditions were flat for New York manufacturers," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Monday as the general business conditions index fell to positive 0.98 in December from negative 2.21 in November.

The University of Michigan's preliminary December consumer sentiment index reading was 82.5, compared to the final November 75.1, the preliminary November 72.0, and the final October 73.2, according to market sources.

U.S. inflationary pressures were slightly higher in November, as the U.S. future inflation gauge climbed to 100.3 from the revised October 99.7 reading, originally reported 99.5, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.188 billion in November to a total of $203.701 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $32 billion 91-day bills and $28 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $30 billion three-year notes on Dec 10.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on Dec. 10.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 11-month 3¾% bonds on Dec. 12.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 11-month 2¾% notes on Dec. 11.

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

The economy grew at a "modest to moderate pace" in October and the first half of November, according to the Beige Book report, released by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.

About 5,171,500 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in November, an increase of 244,700 from October, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly slower pace in November as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 53.9 in the month, compared to 55.4 in October, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.075% high rate, down from 0.080% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.100% high rate, off from 0.105% the week before.