Gary Siegel

Wholesale inventories increased 0.4% in August, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

U.S. inflationary pressures were higher in September, as the U.S. future inflation gauge grew to 99.9 from a revised 99.2 in August, originally reported as 99.5, according to data released Friday morning by the Economic Cycle Research Institute.

The Treasury Department Thursday sold $10 billion of five-day cash management bills, dated Oct. 12, due Oct. 17, at a zero high tender rate.

The European Central Bank’s Governing Council held interest rates, the bank announced at its latest monetary policy meeting Thursday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion of 29-year, 10-month notes on Oct. 13. The notes settle Oct. 17 and are due Aug. 15, 2041.

Newly issued Treasury securities held in stripped form decreased about $1.587 billion in September to a total of $200.153 billion, the Bureau of the Public Debt reported Thursday.

The Treasury Department Thursday sold $10 billion 5-day cash management bills, dated Oct. 12, due Oct. 17, at a zero high tender rate.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $32 billion three-year notes on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

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

The Treasury Department said it will auction $21 billion 9-year, 10-month notes on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $13 billion 29-year, 10-month notes on Thursday, Oct. 13.

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

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in September as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index came in at 53.0, down a bit from 53.3 in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

The Treasury Department said it will auction $10 billion 5-day cash management bills on Thursday, October 6.

The U.S. services sector expanded at a slower pace in September as the non-manufacturing business activity composite index was 53.0 in the month, compared to 53.3 in August, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday.

Contracts were partly to blame for the housing bubble, and lawyers will have to be involved in cleaning the mess, Federal Reserve Board governor Sarah Bloom Raskin told law professionals in Maryland Tuesday.

Revised government economic data show the recession was deeper than initially thought and the recovery has been weaker than estimated, Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the Joint Economic Committee Tuesday.

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

Contracts were partly to blame for the housing bubble, and lawyers will have to be involved in cleaning the mess, Federal Reserve Board Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin told law professionals in Maryland Tuesday.

Revised government economic data show the recession was deeper than thought and the recovery has been weaker than estimated, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told the Joint Economic Committee Tuesday.