Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 11-month notes on Tuesday, March 13.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on Monday, March 12.

The European Central Bank announced its Governing Council held interest rates at its latest monetary policy meeting Thursday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday announced it auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.060% high yield and a price of 99.995333.

The Treasury Department announced Tuesday it auctioned $26 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.170% high yield and a price of 99.828111.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $66 million in February to a total of $195.108 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $40 billion of four-week bills at a 0.060% high yield, a price of 99.995333.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $26 billion of 364-day bills at a 0.170% high yield, a price of 99.828111.

About 4,423,300 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in February, an increase of 39,900 from January, the Conference Board reported Monday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a quicker pace in February as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 57.3 in the month, compared to 56.8 in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

While economic growth and job creation should improve this year, the outlook remains clouded as the government continues its “fiscal and regulatory misfeasance,” but further accommodation shouldn’t be needed, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard W. Fisher said Monday.

While economic growth and job creation should improve this year, the outlook remains clouded as the government continues its “fiscal and regulatory misfeasance,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President and CEO Richard W. Fisher said Monday.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred an 0.080% high rate, down from 0.115% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.130% high rate, off from 0.145% the week before.

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

About 4,423,300 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in February, an increase of 39,900 from January, the Conference Board reported Monday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a quicker pace in February as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 57.3 in the month, compared to 56.8 in January, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

New York City business activity expanded in February at its fastest rate in 11 months, as the current business conditions index improved to 63.1 from a revised 60.1 in January, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business index reported.

New York City business activity expanded in February, at its fastest rate in eleven months, as the current business conditions index improved to 63.1 in February from a revised 60.1 in January, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business index indicated.

While “comfortable” with current monetary policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president Sandra Pianalto said Thursday she would love to hike interest rates before late 2014 “on the basis of a brighter outlook for economic growth,” but the recent spike in oil prices may “complicate” inflation.

WASHINGTON — Construction spending was down 0.1% to a seasonally adjusted estimated annual rate of $827 billion in January, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.