Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.115% high yield, a price of 99.991056.

U.S. inflationary pressures were higher in September, as the U.S. future inflation gauge climbed to 103.4 from an upwardly revised 101.0 in August, originally reported as 100.6, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.069 billion in September to a total of $191.748 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 10-month notes on Thursday, Oct. 11.

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 $32 billion three-year notes on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

About 4,813,400 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in September, an increase of 128,600 from August, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly quicker pace in September as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 55.1 in the month, compared to 53.7 in August, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

The University of Michigan's final September consumer sentiment index reading was 78.3, compared to the preliminary September 79.2, and the final August 74.3, according to market sources.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer fell to 49.7 in September from 53.0 in August, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday.

The Midwest Economy Index declined to negative 0.38 in August from a downwardly revised negative 0.11 in July, its lowest level since December 2009, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

The Treasury Department auctioned $29 billion of seven-year notes, with a 1% coupon, a 1.055% high yield, a price of 99.629938.

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 " slowed somewhat, although producers' expectations for future activity remained relatively positive," according to the bank's monthly manufacturing survey, released Thursday.

Pending home sales fell 2.6% to an index reading of 99.2 in August after an upwardly revised 2.6% increase to 101.9, originally reported as a 2.4% increase to 101.7 in July, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors.

The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index fell 1.2% in August to a seasonally adjusted level of 94.1, as two of the four regional sectors gained, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of two-year notes with a 1/4% coupon at a 0.273% yield, a price of 99.954218.

The Federal Open Market Committee's latest easing was not appropriate nor is it likely to help the economy much, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President and Chief Executive Officer Charles I. Plosser said Tuesday.

Service sector activity "picked up moderately," according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond service-sector activity survey, released Tuesday.

Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region expanded in September, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, as the manufacturing index improved to positive 4 from negative 9 in August.