Gary Siegel

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

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

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.2% in October following a revised 0.5% gain in September, originally reported as a 0.6% increase, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The University of Michigan's final November consumer sentiment index reading was 82.7, compared to the preliminary November 84.9, the final October 82.6, and the final September 78.3, according to market sources.

Initial unemployment claims fell 41,000 to 410,000 in the week ended November 17, the Labor Department report Wednesday.

The economic recovery needs to be "established" before the Fed starts to "normalize policy," Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday sold $20 billion 21-day cash management bills, dated Nov. 23, due Dec. 14, at a 0.155% high tender rate.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.155% high yield, a price of 99.988375.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 90-day and 181-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.090% high rate, down from 0.105% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.135% high rate, off from 0.145% the week before.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $20 billion 21-day cash management bills on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

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

Builders' confidence in the market for new single-family homes increased for the seventh straight month as the National Association of Home Builders' housing market index rose to 46 in November from 41 in October.

With economic recovery "slow" and new lending "limited" four years after the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO Esther L. George suggested "unresolved problems" could remain.

The "extraordinary" moves the Fed has taken to rouse the economy from its sluggishness "carry long-term risks for our economies and for central banks," Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President and Chief Executive Officer Charles I. Plosser said Thursday.

The Federal Reserve has done its job to stimulate the economy and now it's time for Congress to act "like the responsible fiduciaries of the nation's fiscal accounts they are supposed to be," and "tackle the fiscal imbroglio they and their predecessors created and only they can undo, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and CEO Richard W. Fisher said Thursday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 9-year 8-month inflation-protected notes on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

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

The region's manufacturing sector contracted in November, as the general business conditions index slumped to negative 10.7 from positive 5.7 in October, this month’s Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

Initial unemployment claims soared 78,000 to 439,000 in the week ended November 10, the highest reading since April.

The Empire State Manufacturing Survey showed manufacturing activity "declined at a modest pace" in New York State, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Thursday as the general business conditions index improved to negative 5.22 in November from negative 6.16 in October.