Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $16 billion of 30-year bonds with a 3% coupon at a 3.090% high yield, a price of 98.248216.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 9-year 8-month 1/8% inflation-protected notes on Thursday, May 17.

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

The Treasury Department Wednesday auctioned $24 billion of 10-year notes with a 1.75% coupon at a 1.855% high yield, a price of 99.045657.

While much is made about differing opinions of Federal Open market Committee members, the five-paragraph statement describing its long-run framework that the panel released in January shows that the FOMC has common goals, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president Narayana Kocherlakota said Wednesday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $24 billion of 10-year notes with a 1.75% coupon at a 1.855% high yield, a price of 99.045657.

While much is made about differing opinions of Federal Open market Committee members, the five-paragraph statement describing its long-run framework, which the panel released in January shows the panel has common goals, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota said Wednesday.

Small business owners were more optimistic in April than in March as the small business optimism index rose to 94.5 from 92.5, the National Federation of Independent Business said Tuesday.

Manufacturers expect slower economic growth this year, while non-manufacturers expect faster growth for the rest of 2012, according to purchasing and supply executives responding to the Institute for Supply Management spring semiannual economic forecast.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $32 billion of three-year notes with a 1/4% coupon at a 0.362% yield, a price of 99.666118.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $32 billion of three-year notes with a 1/4% coupon at a 0.362% yield, a price of 99.666118.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.075% high yield, a price of 99.994167.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.090% high rate, down from 0.095% the previous week, and the six-months incurred a 0.145% high rate, unchanged from 0.145%.

The Conference Board’s employment trends index crept up 0.8% to 108.04 in April from a downwardly revised 107.18 in March, originally reported as 107.28, and is up 7.1% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were mixed, as the three-months incurred a 0.090% high rate, down from 0.095% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.145% high rate, unchanged from 0.145% the week before.

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

The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index crept up 0.8% to 108.04 in April from a downwardly revised 107.18 in March, originally reported as 107.28, and is up 7.1% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were slightly lower in April, as the U.S. future inflation gauge slipped to 101.2 from an upwardly revised 101.5 in March, originally reported as 101.2, according to data released Friday by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

Monetary policy accommodation will end at some point, but not soon, since the economy is “still fragile,” Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco president John C. Williams said Friday

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form increased about $1.676 billion in April to a total of $197.600 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.