Gary Siegel

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

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

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $6.679 billion in February to a total of $200.875 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Wednesday.

U.S. factory orders fell 2.0% in January, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday

About 5,056,700 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in February, a decrease of 44,400 from January, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The $85 billion of longer-term assets the Fed is buying each month provides more potential risk than benefits and the Fed should start tapering these buys, with the intention of stopping completely before year end, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $45 billion of four-week bills at a 0.085% high yield, a price of 99.993389.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $25 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.150% high yield, a price of 99.848333.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly faster pace in February as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 56.0 in the month, compared to 55.2 in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.110% high rate, down from 0.125% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.120% high rate, off from 0.135% the week before.

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

New York City business activity expanded in February at its quickest pace in 11 months, as the current business conditions index increased to 58.8 from a revised 56.7 in January, the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business index, released Monday, indicated.

Fed asset purchases have stimulated spending and "eased financial conditions" Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair Janet Yellen said Monday.

The overall economy grew for the forty-fifth straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the third month, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.

The University of Michigan's final February consumer sentiment index reading was 77.6, compared to the preliminary February 76.3, the final January 73.8, and the preliminary January 71.3 reading, according to market sources.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on March 5.

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

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "contracted further in February, and factories' expectations weakened somewhat," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer rose to 55.6 in February from 55.6 in January, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Thursday.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business climbed to 56.5 in January from 51.3 in January, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee reported Thursday.