Gary Siegel is a journalist with more than 35 years of experience. He started his professional career at the Long Island Journal newspapers based in Long Beach, N.Y., working his way up from reporter to Assistant Managing Editor. Siegel also worked for Prentice-Hall in Paramus, N.J., covering human resources issues. Siegel has been at The Bond Buyer since 1989, currently covering economic indicators and the Federal Reserve system.
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The University of Michigan's preliminary July consumer sentiment index reading was 72.0, compared to the final June 73.2 reading, according to market sources.
By Gary SiegelJuly 13 -
The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $13 billion of 29-year 10-month bonds with a 3% coupon at a 2.580% high yield, a price of 108.697683.
By Gary SiegelJuly 12 -
The Treasury Department said it will auction $15 billion 10-year inflation-protected notes on Thursday, July 19.
By Gary SiegelJuly 12 -
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
By Gary SiegelJuly 12 -
The Treasury Department auctioned $21 billion of nine-year 10-month notes with a 1.75% coupon at a 1.459% high yield, a price of 102.654933.
By Gary SiegelJuly 11 -
The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $32 billion of three-year notes with a 1/4% coupon at a 0.366% yield, a price of 99.654528.
By Gary SiegelJuly 10 -
The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.070% high yield, a price of 99.994556.
By Gary SiegelJuly 10 -
Economic optimism grew slightly, according to the IBD/TIPP index, released Tuesday, which rose to 47.0 in July from 46.7 in June.
By Gary SiegelJuly 10 -
Job openings rose 195,000 to 3.642 million in May the Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey indicated.
By Gary SiegelJuly 10 -
The Federal Open Market Committee's extension of Operation Twist will have a "relatively modest impact on the economy," and if further Fed moves are needed, it should buy "longer-maturity securities, including agency mortgage-backed securities," San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said Monday.
By Gary SiegelJuly 9 -
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, off from 0.100% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.145% high rate, down from 0.150% the week before.
By Gary SiegelJuly 9 -
The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelJuly 9 -
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index (ETI) crept up 0.29% to 108.34 in June from a downwardly revised 108.23 in May, originally reported as 108.34, and is up 5.6% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.
By Gary SiegelJuly 9 -
Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $3.041 billion in June to a total of $193.356 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Wednesday.
By Gary SiegelJuly 6 -
U.S. inflationary pressures were slightly lower in June, as the U.S. future inflation gauge dropped to 101.2 from an unrevised 102.3 in May, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.
By Gary SiegelJuly 6 -
The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on Tuesday, July 10.
By Gary SiegelJuly 5 -
The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 10-month notes on Wednesday, June 11.
By Gary SiegelJuly 5 -
The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 10-month notes on Thursday, July 12.
By Gary SiegelJuly 5 -
The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.
By Gary SiegelJuly 5 -
The U.S. services sector expanded at a slightly slower pace in June as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 52.1 in the month, compared to 53.7 in May, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.
By Gary SiegelJuly 5