Gary Siegel

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $601 million in December to a total of $193.868 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.065% high rate, down from 0.075% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.105% high rate, off from 0.120% the week before.

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

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index climbed to 109.02 in December from an upwardly revised 108.19 in November.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly faster pace in December as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 56.1 in the month, compared to 54.7 in November, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were slightly higher in December, as the U.S. future inflation gauge climbed to 104.0 from an upwardly revised 102.6 in November, originally reported as 102.5, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 10-month bonds on Jan. 10.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 10-month notes on Jan. 9.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on Jan. 8.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $32 billion 91-day bills and $28 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on Jan 8.

New York City business activity expanded in December as the current business conditions index increased to 54.3 from 52.5 in November, the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business index, released Thursday, indicated.

Initial jobless claims rose 10,000 to 372,000 in the week ended December 29, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.075% high rate, down from 0.085% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.120% high rate, down from 0.130% the week before.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.075% high yield, a price of 99.994167.

About 4,937,800 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in December, an increase of 217,900 from November, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The overall economy grew for the forty-third straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded after one months of contraction, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

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

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, rose in December at a faster rate than in November, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

Pending home sales grew 1.7% to an index reading of 106.4 in November, after a downwardly revised 5.0% increase to 104.6 in October, according to a report released Friday by the National Association of Realtors.