Gary Siegel

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 92-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.040% high rate, down from 0.050% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.065% high rate, off from 0.075% the week before.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 14-day cash management bills on Tuesday, August 27.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $50 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, "increased but at a slower pace in August," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $16 billion of four-year eight-month inflation-indexed notes with a 0.125% coupon, a negative 1.127% high yield, an adjusted price of 102.1791460.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 92-day bills and $25 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

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

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region " improved further, and producers' expectations also edged higher after easing last month," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators was up 0.6% in July following an unrevised flat reading in June, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The expectations for U.S. economic growth over the next four years weakened in the past three months, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's survey of professional forecasters.

The University of Michigan's preliminary August consumer sentiment index reading was 80.0, compared to the final July 85.1, the preliminary July 83.9, and the final June 84.1, according to market sources.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $16 billion four-year eight-month inflation-indexed bonds on Thursday, August 22.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on August 20.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 91-day bills and $25 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded at a slower pace in August, as the general business conditions index slipped to 9.3 from 19.8 in July, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes gained as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index rose to 59 in August from a revised 56 in July, originally reported as 57.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "conditions for New York manufacturers improved modestly for a third consecutive month," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Thursday as the general business conditions index dipped to 8.24 in August from 9.46 in July.

Repeating his claim that the Federal Open Market Committee needs to see more data before tapering asset purchases, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the FOMC should have a press conference after each meeting, not just every other meeting.

Any decision on cutting the Fed's asset purchases will be based on economic data, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Dennis Lockhart said Tuesday, warning of the "potential for ambiguous or disappointing data."

The Treasury Department Tuesday sold $25 billion 21-day cash management bills, dated Aug. 15, due Sept. 5, at a 0.060% high tender rate.