Gary Siegel

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.005% high rate, off from 0.030% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.050% high rate, down from 0.070% the week before.

The Treasury Department said Monday it will sell $35 billion of four-week discount bills Tuesday.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in November as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 52.0 in the month, compared to 52.9 in October, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Monday.

The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index (ETI) grew to 103.70 in November from an upwardly revised 102.42 in October, originally reported as 101.92, and is up 6.4% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

Gross domestic product growth will be below its historical average, rising 1.6% this year and 2.0%, while inflation, measured by the consumer price index, is seen dropping from 3.8% this year to 2.4% next year, according to a consensus economic outlook from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Economic Outlook Symposium.

Inflationary pressures were unchanged in November, as the U.S. future inflation gauge held at 98.3, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

With its moves to end the fiscal crisis, the Federal Reserve "embarked on a path that has blurred the distinction between monetary policy and fiscal policy," Charles Plosser, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, said Friday.

With its moves to end the fiscal crisis, the Federal Reserve “embarked on a path that has blurred the distinction between monetary policy and fiscal policy,” Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President and Chief Executive Officer Charles I. Plosser said Friday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were unchanged in November, as the U.S. future inflation gauge held at 98.3 from a revised 98.3 in October, originally reported as 99.2, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

The overall economy grew for the 30th straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the 28th time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department said Thursday it will auction $29 billion 91-day bills and $27 billion 182-day discount bills Monday.

The overall economy grew for the thirtieth straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the twenty-eighth time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Thursday.

About 3,857,200 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in November, a decrease of 76,200 from October, the Conference Board reported Wednesday.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business crept up to 56.7 in October from 55.5 in October, the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee said.

New York City business activity contracted in November, the third contraction in four months, as the current business conditions index improved to 47.2 in November from 44.0 in October, the Institute for Supply Management-New York's Report on Business current business conditions index indicated.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer rose to 62.6 in November from 58.4 in October, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Wednesday.

Pending home sales surged 10.4% to a reading of 93.3 in October from an unrevised 4.6% decrease to 84.5 in September, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors.

The economy continued to expand at a slow to moderate pace across most of the nation, though the St. Louis region said the economy slowed, according to the "beige book," which was released by the Federal Reserve Wednesday.

The economy continued to expand at a slow to moderate pace across most of the nation, although the St. Louis region said the economy slowed, according to the Beige Book, which was released by the Federal Reserve Wednesday.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business crept up to 56.7 in October from 55.5 in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.