Gary Siegel

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.

The Treasury Department Wednesday sold $25 billion 46-day cash management bills, dated Nov. 15, due Dec. 31, at a 0.190% high tender rate.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $25 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.180% high yield, a price of 99.818000.

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.145% high yield, a price of 99.988722.

The October producer price index fell 0.2% and the core rate also declined 0.2%, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.105% high rate, flat from 0.105% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.145% high rate, off from 0.150% the week before.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion 46-day cash management bills on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

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

Estimates for GDP growth were down a little from previous estimates, according to 39 forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Wholesale inventories increased 1.1% in September, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

The University of Michigan's preliminary November consumer sentiment index reading was 84.9, compared to the final October 82.6, the preliminary October 83.1, and the final September 78.3, according to market sources.