Gary Siegel

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.773 billion in November to a total of $193.267 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.

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

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 11-month notes on Dec. 12.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on Dec. 11.

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

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

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly faster pace in November as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 54.7 in the month, compared to 54.2 in October, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday sold $25 billion 11-day cash management bills, dated Dec. 6, due Dec. 17, at a 0.165% high tender rate.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.060% high yield, a price of 99.995333.

New York City business activity expanded in November as the current business conditions index rebounded to 52.5 from 45.9 in October, the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business index, released Tuesday, indicated.

Accommodative monetary policy remains "quite appropriate" and "a strong case can be made" for continuing the purchase of longer-term securities beyond year-end, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President & Chief Executive Officer Eric S. Rosengren said Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.090% high rate, down from 0.100% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.140% high rate, off from 0.145% the week before.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 11-day cash management bills on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

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

The overall economy grew for the forty-second straight time, while the manufacturing sector contracted after two months of expansion, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

After real GDP growth of 1.7% this year, the economy should reach 2.3% growth next year, while inflation remains tame and unemployment edges down, according to the 26th annual Chicago Fed Economic Outlook Symposium.

The Treasury Department auctioned $29 billion of seven-year notes, with a 1% coupon, a 1.045% high yield, a price of 99.697008.

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

Manufacturing activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "activity eased further in November, while producers' expectations were unchanged from last month at modestly positive levels," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Pending home sales grew 5.2% to an index reading of 104.8 in October, its highest level since March 2007, after an upwardly revised 0.4% increase to 99.6 in September, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.