Gary Siegel

The Treasury Department auctioned $24 billion of 10-year notes with a 2% coupon at a 2.030% high yield, a price of 99.729725.

Voters in Texas approved propositions that will allow the Texas Water Development Board to issue additional bonds as long as no more than $6 billion are outstanding at any one time and issuance of up to $1.86 billion of general obligation bonds to finance the long-standing Hinson-Hazelwood College Student Loan Program.

Public contingency planning should be part of the Federal Reserve’s strategy going forward, Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said Tuesday.

Though it would not end difficult policy choices, an explicit monetary policy framework would improve effectiveness, Charles Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, said Tuesday, noting that he would take more steps than just flexible inflation targeting.

Although it would not end difficult policy choices, an explicit monetary policy framework would improve monetary policy’s effectiveness, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President and Chief Executive Officer Charles I. Plosser said Tuesday, noting that he would take even more steps than just flexible inflation targeting.

Public contingency planning should be part of the Federal Reserve’s strategy going forward, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota said Tuesday.

The Treasury Department today auctioned $32 billion of three-year notes with a 3/8% coupon at a 0.379% yield, a price of 99.988079.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a zero high yield, a price of par.Tues

The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index grew to 101.92 in October from an upwardly revised 101.20 in September, originally reported as 100.95, and is up 5.0% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

A “less favorable” or “more uncertain” economic forecast meant fewer domestic banks eased lending standards in the third quarter than in previous quarters, according to the latest Federal Reserve senior loan officer opinion survey on bank lending practices.

The Federal Reserve should be aggressive in acting to cut the jobless rate, Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren told educators Monday.

Consumer credit increased by $7.4 billion, or 3.6%, in September to $2.452 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Monday.

A “less favorable” or “more uncertain” economic forecast meant fewer domestic banks eased lending standards in the third quarter than in previous quarters, according to the latest Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices.

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 0.010% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.035% high rate, down from 0.055% the week before.

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

The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index (ETI) grew to 101.92 in October from an upwardly revised 101.20 in September, originally reported as 100.95, and is up 5.0% from a year ago, the group announced Monday.

The Federal Reserve should be aggressive in acting to cut the jobless rate, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren Monday told educators.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased $2.986 billion in October to a total of $197.168 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were lower in October, as the U.S. future inflation gauge dipped to 99.2 from a revised 99.7 in September, originally reported as 99.9, according to data released Friday by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $2.986 billion in October to a total of $197.168 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Friday.