Gary Siegel

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.100% high rate, up from 0.095% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.150% high rate, unchanged from 0.150% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

About 4,947,100 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in June, an increase of 232,000 from May, the Conference Board reported Monday.

The overall economy grew for the thirty-seventh straight time, while the manufacturing sector contracted for the first time since July 2009, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

The consumer confidence index declined to 62.0 in June from a downwardly revised 64.4 last month, The Conference Board reported Tuesday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were unchanged, as the three-months incurred a 0.095% high rate, unchanged from 0.095% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.150% high rate, unchanged from 0.150% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $30 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, "surged" in June, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index for May slumped to negative 0.45 from a revised positive 0.08 reading in April, while the three-month moving average (CFNAI-MA3) declined to negative 0.34 in May from a revised negative 0.13 in April, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.

The Treasury Department Thursday sold $7 billion of inflation-indexed 29-year 8-month bonds at a 0.520% yield, an adjusted price of 108.226791, with a 3/4% coupon.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $25 billion year bills on Tuesday, June 26.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $29 billion seven-year notes on Thursday, June 28.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $35 billion two-year notes on Tuesday, June 26, and $35 billion five-year notes on Wednesday, June 27.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The region's manufacturing sector contracted in June, as the general business conditions index slipped to negative 16.6 from negative 5.8 in May, this month’s Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Report on Business indicates.

The composite index of Leading Economic Indicators grew 0.3% in May following an unrevised 0.1% dip in April, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

Chief executive officers have less confidence in the economy than they did three months ago, according to a Business Roundtable survey released Wednesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.050% high yield, a price of 99.996111.

The University of Michigan's preliminary June consumer sentiment index reading was 74.1, compared to the final May 79.3 and the preliminary May 77.8, according to market sources.

Manufacturing activity "expanded slightly" in New York State, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Friday as the general business conditions index fell to 2.29 in June from 17.09 in May.