Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $33 billion 91-day bills and $29 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business gained to 57.1 in October from 55.0 in September, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Thursday.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer gained to 65.9 in October, its highest level since March 2011, from 55.7 in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Thursday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $35 billion of five-year notes, with a 1 1/4% coupon, a 1.300% high yield, a price of 99.758710.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 0.055% high yield, a price of 99.995569.

Texas service sector activity slowed again in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey, as the revenue index slid to 5.3 from 8.9.

The consumer confidence index decreased to 71.2 in October from a revised 80.2 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Business inventories rose 0.3% to $1.668 trillion in August, while sales increased 0.3% to $1.298 trillion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Monday auctioned $32 billion of two-year notes with a 1/4% coupon at a 0.323% yield, a price of 99.854588.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.045% high rate, up from 0.035% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.080% high rate, up from 0.070% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $45 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, "picked up further in October," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

Pending home sales fell 5.6% to an index reading of 101.6 in September, after a revised 1.6% decline to 107.6 in August, according to a report released Monday by the National Association of Realtors.

Industrial production rose 0.6% in September after a 0.4% gain the previous month, the Federal Reserve reported Monday.

The University of Michigan's final October consumer sentiment index reading was 73.2, compared to the preliminary October 75.2 reading, and the final September 77.5, according to market sources.

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) gained to 114.78 in September from an upwardly revised 113.98 in August, initially reported as 113.54, and is up 4.5% from a year ago, the group announced Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.030% high yield, a price of 99.997667.

Service sector activity "grew modestly in October," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region "remained weak in October," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index crept to 1 from zero in September.

Non-farm payrolls rose by 148,000 in September and the unemployment rate dipped to 7.2% from 7.3% in in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.