Gary Siegel

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

Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes slipped as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index fell to 44 in March from 46 in February.

The University of Michigan's preliminary March consumer sentiment index reading was 71.8, compared to the final February 77.6, the preliminary February 76.3, and the final January 73.8, according to market sources.

The February consumer price index surged 0.7% after an unrevised flat reading in January, while the core rate rose 0.2% after an unrevised 0.3% gain in January, the Labor Department reported Friday.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed "conditions for New York manufacturers continued to improve modestly," the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Friday even as the general business conditions index slipped to 9.24 in March from 10.04 in February.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $13 billion of 30-year bonds with a 3 1/8% coupon at a 3.248% high yield, a price of 97.653846.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 9-year 10-month inflation-protected notes on Thursday, March 21.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $35 billion 91-day bills and $30 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The producer price index surged 0.7% in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, while the core rate, which excludes food and energy rose 0.2%, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Initial jobless claims slid 10,000 to 332,000 in the week ended March 9, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $21 billion of 10-year notes with a 2% coupon at a 2.029% high yield, a price of 99.739223.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $32 billion of three-year notes with a 3/8% coupon at a 0.411% yield, a price of 99.892773.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 0.100% high yield, a price of 99.992222.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.095% high rate, down from 0.110% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.115% high rate, off from 0.120% the week before.

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

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) gained to 111.14 in February from an upwardly revised 109.93 in January, originally reported as 109.38, and is up 3.2% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were slightly lower in February, as the U.S. future inflation gauge dipped to 105.6 from an upwardly revised 105.8 in January, originally reported as 105.2, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 11-month notes on March 13.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 11-month bonds on March 14.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on March 12.