Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $30 billion 91-day bills and $28 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The economic expansion continued in all regions of the country, with most terming expansion as modest or moderate, according to the Beige Book released on Wednesday.

The economic expansion continued in all regions of the country, with most terming expansion as modest or moderate, according to the Beige Book, released Wednesday.

The Treasury Department auctioned $21 billion of 9-year 10-month notes with a 2% coupon at a 2.043% high yield, a price of 99.616439.

Money market funds took unnecessary risks that resulted in their needing support, and while the SEC is working to secure money market funds, with proposed reform ideas expected in the coming months, “the status quo is not acceptable,” Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President & Chief Executive Officer Eric S. Rosengren said Wednesday.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, rebuilding the financial system, with proper supervision of it, is critical, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and Chief Executive Officer Esther L. George said Wednesday.

The Fed may have to increase rates before 2014 but for now accommodation is appropriate, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president Narayana Kocherlakota said Tuesday.

More accommodation is uncalled for at this point, and the Fed may have to increase rates before 2014, but for now accommodation is appropriate, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota repeated Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Monday auctioned $32 billion of three-year notes with a 3/8% coupon at a 0.427% yield, a price of 99.845296.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $30 billion of four-week bills at a 0.080% high yield, a price of 99.993778.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department's latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.085% high rate, up from 0.075% the previous week, and the six-months incurred a 0.150% high rate, up from 0.140%.

The Chicago Fed Midwest manufacturing index gained 1.0% in February to a seasonally adjusted level of 91.7, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.

The Conference Board's employment trends index dipped to 107.28 in March from an upwardly revised 107.47 in February and is up 5.2% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were higher, as the three-months incurred a 0.085% high rate, up from 0.075% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.150% high rate, up from 0.140% 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 (ETI) dipped to 107.28 in March from an upwardly revised 107.47 in February, originally reported as 107.46, and is up 5.2% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index gained 1.0% in February to a seasonally adjusted level of 91.7, as three of the four regional sectors showed improvement, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported Monday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were slightly lower in March, as the U.S. future inflation gauge remained at 101.2 from a revised 101.3 in February, originally reported as 101.4, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $31 billion of 91-day bills and $29 billion of 182-day discount bills Monday.

Calling the Federal Open Market Committee’s setting of 2014 as the time for a possible change in rates “an unwarranted pessimistic signal,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard warned Thursday that conditions at that time could still be “exceptionally poor.”