Gary Siegel

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

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "rose moderately, although producers' expectations for future activity eased somewhat," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $35 billion of five-year notes, with a 1 3/8% coupon, a 1.410% high yield, a price of 99.831599.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of two-year notes with a 1/4% coupon at a 0.336% yield, a price of 99.828720.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.115% high yield, a price of 99.883722.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.020% high yield, a price of 99.998444.

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

Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region "declined in July," according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index slumped to negative 11 from positive 7 in June.

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, down from 0.040% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.070% high rate, unchanged from 0.070% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $40 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for June climbed to negative 0.13 from a revised negative 0.29 reading in May, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.

The Treasury Department sold $15 billion of inflation-indexed 10-year TIPs at a 0.384% high yield, an adjusted price of 100.004056, with a 3/8% coupon.

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

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on July 23.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $29 billion seven-year notes on Thursday, July 25.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $35 billion two-year notes on Tuesday, July 23, and $35 billion five-year notes on Wednesday, July 24.

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators was unchanged in June following a revised 0.2% increase in May, first reported as a 0.1% gain, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The region's manufacturing sector expanded in July, as the general business conditions index climbed to 19.8 from 12.5 in June, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

Modest to moderate economic improvement was seen across the country, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book report, released Wednesday.

Groundbreaking for new U.S. home construction slumped in June, plunging 9.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 836,000 units as building permits dropped 7.5% to an annual rate of 911,000 units, according to Commerce Department data released Wednesday.