Gary Siegel

The overall economy grew for the 29th straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the 27th time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

The Treasury Department Tuesday auctioned $35 billion of four-week bills at a 0.005% high yield, a price of 99.999611.

The overall economy grew for the twenty-ninth straight time, while the manufacturing sector expanded for the twenty-seventh time, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, expanded in October but at a slightly slower pace than in September, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas amd released Monday.

About 3,933,400 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in October, a decrease of 13,600 from September, the Conference Board reported Monday.

New York City business activity contracted in October, the second contraction in three months, as the current business conditions index declined to 44.0 in October from 50.6 in September, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business current business conditions index indicated.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer slid to 58.4 in October from 60.4 in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Monday.

The Treasury Department said Monday it expects to borrow $305 billion in the fourth quarter, ending the year with a $60 billion cash balance.

Tender rates for the Treasury Department’s latest 91-day and 182-day discount bills were lower, as the three-months incurred a 0.010% high rate, off from 0.020% the prior week, and the six-months incurred a 0.055% high rate, down from 0.060% the week before.

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

Texas factory activity, as measured by the production index, expanded in October, but at a slightly slower pace than in September, according to the monthly business activity survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, released Monday.

About 3,933,400 online job postings appeared on leading Internet job boards in October, a decrease of 13,600 from September, The Conference Board reported Monday.

The Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Business Barometer slid to 58.4 in October from 60.4 in September, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Monday.

New York City business activity contracted in October, the second contraction in three months, as the current business conditions index declined to 44.0 in October from 50.6 in September, the Institute for Supply Management-New York’s Report on Business current business conditions index indicated.

The Midwest Economy Index slid to negative 0.35 in September from negative 0.24 in August, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as the index sunk to its lowest level since 2009.

The University of Michigan’s final October consumer sentiment index reading was 60.9, compared to the preliminary October 57.5, the final September 59.4, and the final August 55.7, according to market sources.

The Employment Cost Index rose 0.3% in the third quarter of 2011 on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

The seasonally adjusted Milwaukee Report on Business crept up to 55.5 in October from 55.4 in September, according to the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

The University of Michigan's final October consumer sentiment index reading was 60.9, compared to the preliminary October 57.5, the final September 59.4, and the final August 55.7, according to market sources.

The Employment Cost Index rose 0.3% in the third quarter 2011on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Second quarter ECI was unrevised at a 0.7% increase.