Gary Siegel

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 again in August, as the general business conditions index improved to negative 1.9 from negative 7.1 in August, this month's Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators slid 0.1% in August following a revised 0.5% rise in July, originally reported as a 0.4% increase, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

While last week's action by the Federal Open Market Committee should speed economic growth and a return to full employment, it may take years for the latter to be accomplished, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President and Chief Executive Officer Eric S. Rosengren.

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

Industrial production dropped 1.2% in August, while capacity use decreased to 78.2%, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The Federal Open Market Committee's actions today were designed to "quicken recovery," and will be removed before the nation reaches full employments, according to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.

The Treasury Department Thursday auctioned $13 billion of 29-year 11-month bonds with a 2 3/4% coupon at a 2.896% high yield, a price of 97.088998.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 9-year 10-month inflation-protected notes on Thursday, Sept. 20.

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 Tuesday, Sept. 18.

The Treasury Department auctioned $21 billion of nine-year 11-month notes with a 1 5/8% coupon at a 1.764% high yield, a price of 98.740142.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.090% high yield, a price of 99.993000.

The federal government ran an estimated $1.17 trillion deficit for the first 11 months of fiscal year 2012, nearly $70 billion less than the deficit last year at that point, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates.

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

The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index crept up 0.51% to 108.59 in August from a downwardly revised 108.04 in July, originally reported as 108.11, and is up 6.2% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.140 billion in August to a total of $190.679 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were slightly lower in August, as the U.S. future inflation gauge dipped to 100.6 from a downwardly revised 100.8 in July, originally reported as 100.9, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

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

The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on Tuesday, Sept. 11.